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Phosgenite & Paralaurionite

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Phosgenite & Paralaurionite

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Description
Locality: 
Mazarrón, Murcia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.1 × 1.8 × 1 cm
Description

Beautiful tabular phosgenite crystals with gemmy clear paralaurionite crystals in vugs of an ancient slag from a recently published locale in Southern Spain.

Beautiful specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Phosgenite

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

Paralaurionite

Formula: 
PbCl(OH)
Strunz: 
3.DC.05
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Lavrion District slag localities, Lavrion District (Laurion; Laurium), Attikí Prefecture (Attica; Attika), Greece