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Artroeite

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Artroeite

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Vesuvius, Campania, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 0.6 × 0.6 cm
Description

Sharp white crystals of artroeite on matrix.   Artroeite is a rare aluminofluoride of lead known only from the Somma-Vesuvius complex and the Grand Reef Mine.  

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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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