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Georgiadèsite Nealite & Ludlockite

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Georgiadèsite Nealite & Ludlockite

Ralph Merrill personal collection
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Lavrion District Mines, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2.3 × 1.7 cm
Description

Colorless crystals of georgiadesite with salmon colored nealite and reddish carpets of ludlockite.   A great combination of rare minerals from the ancient slags of Lavrion.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Georgiadèsite

Formula: 
Pb4(AsO3)Cl4(OH)
Strunz: 
4.JB.70
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Vrissaki Point slag locality, Vrissaki area, Lavrion District slag localities, Lavrion District (Laurion; Laurium), Attikí Prefecture (Attica; Attika), Greece

Nealite

Formula: 
Pb4Fe2+(As3+O3)2Cl4·2H2O
Strunz: 
4.JD.05
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Lavrion District slag localities, Lavrion District (Laurion; Laurium), Attikí Prefecture (Attica; Attika), Greece

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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