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Mattheddleite

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Description
Locality: 
Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1.4 × 1.4 cm
Description

White acicular crystals of the very rare mineral mattheddleite from the most famous locality for the mineral, Caldbeck Fells where it is first identified. Outstanding and very rich specimen !

See Min Record. 22:105-121 for a review on the discovery.

Don't miss the opportunity to get this extreme rarity very rarely seen on the mineral market.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mattheddleite

Formula: 
Pb5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5(Cl,OH)
Strunz: 
9.AH.25
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Strathclyde (Lanarkshire), Scotland, UK

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