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Plattnerite & Ankerite

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Plattnerite & Ankerite

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Description
Locality: 
Preguiça Mine, Sobral da Adiça, Moura, Beja District, Portugal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.4 × 2.4 × 2 cm
Description

Beautiful micro crystals of plattnerite richly covering parts of an ankerite cast.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Plattnerite

Formula: 
PbO2
Strunz: 
4.DB.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
5.5
Type Locality: 
Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Strathclyde (Lanarkshire), Scotland, UK

Ankerite

Formula: 
Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2
Strunz: 
5.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Styrian Erzberg, Eisenerz, Styria, Austria
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