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Clausthalite

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Clausthalite

Ex coll. H.Schaarschmidt
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Greywacke Quarry, Rieder, Harz, Saxony - Anhalt, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 5.5 × 1.3 cm
Description

A rich vein of metallic grey clausthalite in ankerit/dolomite matrix.

Found in August 1997 on the 3rd level of the Rieder quarry.

Well documented specimen from the H. Schaarschmidt collection - handwritten label

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Clausthalite

Formula: 
PbSe
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
St Lorenz Mine, Burgstatt veins, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany

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