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Anglesite

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Description
Locality: 
Montevecchio Mines, Medio Campidano Province, Sardinia, Italy
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 5 × 4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.30cm
Description

Rare, gemmy and lustrous, green anglesite crystals aesthetically fill a vug in starkly contrasting matrix on this very fine old-time specimen from a classic and extinct Sardinia locale - the Montevecchio Mine.

Beautiful specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Anglesite

Formula: 
PbSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Streak: 
Colorless
Type Locality: 
Parys Mountain Copper Mine, Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom