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Palmierite & Ludlockite

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Palmierite & Ludlockite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
La Cruz, Linares, Jaén, Andalusia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1.3 × 1.2 cm
Description

Outstanding colorless sharp crystals of the rare mineral palmierite from a little known Spanish locality, associated to also orange brown rare ludlockite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Palmierite

Formula: 
(K,Na)2Pb(SO4)2
Strunz: 
7.AD.40
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Mt Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

Ludlockite

Formula: 
PbFe3+4As3+10O22
Strunz: 
4.JA.45
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia

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