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Native Lead & Massicot & Chalcotrichite

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Native Lead & Massicot & Chalcotrichite

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Description
Locality: 
Lichtloch 26, Copper-Silver Smelter, Hettstedt, Mansfeld Basin, Saxony - Anhalt, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 2.7 × 2.5 cm
Weight: 
50.00gr
Description

Native lead and massicotite with chalcotrichite on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lead

Formula: 
Pb
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
1.5
Streak: 
grey

Massicot

Formula: 
PbO
Strunz: 
4.AC.25
Hardness: 
2.0
Streak: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Binsfeldhammer lead smelter slag locality, Stolberg, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Chalcotrichite

Variety Of: 

Cuprite

Formula: 
Cu2O
Strunz: 
4.AA.10
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Formula: 
Cu2O
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Colour: 
Red