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Boulangerite

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Boulangerite

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Description
Locality: 
Bottino Mine, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2 × 2 × 3.5 cm
Weight: 
15.00gr
Description

Bright  acicular crystals grouped in felt   up to 30 mm,  found along the walls of a mine shaft in the Due Canali stope of the Bottino Mine

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Boulangerite

Formula: 
Pb5Sb4S11
Strunz: 
2.HC.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Colour: 
Lead grey
Streak: 
Brownish
Type Locality: 
Molières, Gard, Languedoc-Roussillon, France