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Nealite

Rare Mineral

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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: 
4.2 × 3.5 × 1 cm
Description

This is a very interesting and rare mineral from a recently published locale in Southern Spain.

Beautiful orange Nealite crystals and crystal sprays in vugs of the antique slag matrix.

Rare

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

Nealite

Formula: 
Pb4Fe2+(As3+O3)2Cl4·2H2O
Strunz: 
4.JD.05
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Lavrion District slag localities, Lavrion District (Laurion; Laurium), Attikí Prefecture (Attica; Attika), Greece