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Phosgenite With Lanarkite

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Phosgenite With Lanarkite

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 4.6 × 3.6 cm
Weight: 
200.00gr
Description

Classic Monteponi sample with the particular and little documented association of Phosgenite and Lanarkite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Phosgenite

Formula: 
Pb2CO3Cl2
Strunz: 
5.BE.20
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Streak: 
White

Lanarkite

Formula: 
Pb2(SO4)O
Strunz: 
7.BD.40
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Susanna Mine (Glennery Scar Vein; Susanna Vein [Scar Vein]; Portobello Vein; Humby Vein; Lead Vein), Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Strathclyde (Lanarkshire), Scotland, UK