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Penfieldite

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Description
Locality: 
Puerto de Mazarrón, Mazarrón, Murcia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.4 × 3 × 2.7 cm
Description

Perfectly crystallized penfieldite crystals in vugs of the antique slag matrix from a new discovered Spanish location.

Beautiful.

An article about the location was recently published in "Mineral Up" and is available to the buyer on request.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Penfieldite

Formula: 
Pb2Cl3(OH)
Strunz: 
3.DC.15
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Lavrion District slag localities, Lavrion District (Laurion; Laurium), Attikí Prefecture (Attica; Attika), Greece