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Matlockite & Artroeite

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Matlockite & Artroeite

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Description
Locality: 
Somma-Vesuvius, Naples Province, Campania, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2 × 1.5 cm
Description

Many colorless, tabular, matlockite crystals in more areas, with clumps of beautiful white acicular crystals of artroeite, they cover most of the surface of this rich sample.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Matlockite

Formula: 
PbFCl
Strunz: 
3.DC.25
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Cromford, Derbyshire, England, UK

Artroeite

Formula: 
Pb[AlF3(OH)2]
Strunz: 
3.CC.15
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Grand Reef Mine (Aravaipa Mine; Lead Jewel; Joe Rubal Mine; Vivian Mine; Calistoga Mining & Development Co. Mine; Bringham Silver and Lead Mine), Laurel Canyon, Grand Reef Mountain, Klondyke, Santa Teresa Mts, Aravaipa District, Graham Co., Arizona, USA

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