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Clausthalite

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Clausthalite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
St Lorenz Mine, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Goslar, Lower Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3 × 2.4 cm
Description

Clausthalite is a rare lead selenide and this rich specimen hails from the Type Locality in the Harz Mountains of Germany.

Scintillating, metallic clausthalite microcrystals and grains richly cover the front top of this carbonate matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Clausthalite

Formula: 
PbSe
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
St Lorenz Mine, Burgstatt veins, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany