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Pillaite

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Description
Locality: 
Buca Della Vena Mine, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 1.5 × 1 cm
Description

Pillaite is a very rare mineral known from only one locality worldwide, the famous Buca della Vena mine in Italy, which is of course the type locality. It occurs as acicular metallic crystals in a white contrasting dolomitic limestone matrix.

Mineral Data
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Pillaite

Formula: 
Pb9Sb10S23ClO0.5
Strunz: 
2.JB.35c
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Colour: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Buca della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy

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