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Leadhillite

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Locality: 
Malacalzetta Mine, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.6 × 4.8 × 2.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.40cm
Description

Excellent specimen with a large flat tabular white leadhillite crystal aggregate on galena matrix. The leadhillite shows the typical disc-shaped structure and the crystal aggregate reaches a size of 1.4 centimetres. Very attractive collection specimen of great size and clearly visible large crystal aggregate together with a very lovely historic original collection label.

Comes with a beautiful old collection label from the Royal Saxon Mineral Deposit in Freiberg. The label is from the period 1880-1920. Top specimen, rarely offered.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Leadhillite

Formula: 
Pb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BF.40
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
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
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