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Brianyoungite & Litharge

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Brianyoungite & Litharge

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Description
Locality: 
Karl Liebknecht Smelter Slag Locality, Eisleben, Mansfeld Basin, Saxony - Anhalt, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 2 × 2 cm
Description

brianyoungite and litharge on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Brianyoungite

Formula: 
Zn3(CO3,SO4)(OH)4
Strunz: 
5.BF.30
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic or Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Brownley Hill Mine (Bloomsberry Horse Level), Nenthead, Alston Moor District, North Pennines, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England, UK

Litharge

Formula: 
PbO
Strunz: 
4.AC.20
Hardness: 
2.0
Colour: 
Red
Type Locality: 
Unnamed Pb occurrence, Cucamonga Peak area, Cucamonga Wilderness, San Bernardino Co., California, USA