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Cerussite & Linarite

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TPX571978

Cerussite & Linarite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
San Valentín Quarry, Sancti Spiritu, La Unión, Murcia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.4 × 5.8 × 4.3 cm
Weight: 
135.00gr
Description

Here is a rarity of this deposit, a group of cerussite crystals covered by a thin layer of linarite and chrysocolla on a goethite matrix.
This piece was collected in the 80's when the company Peñarroya was expanding the quarry and appeared the famous vein of secondary copper minerals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cerussite

Formula: 
PbCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.15
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy

Linarite

Formula: 
PbCu(SO4)(OH)2
Strunz: 
7.BC.65
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Linares, Linares-La Carolina District, Jaén, Andalusia, Spain

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