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Calcite Var Plumboan Calcite & Plumosite

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Calcite Var Plumboan Calcite & Plumosite

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Description
Locality: 
Trepča, Mitrovica District, Kosovo
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
13.5 × 10.2 × 7 cm
Description

a large specimen featuring several white rhombic calcite crystals, var. plumbocalcite hosting thousands grey needles of plumosite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

Plumboan Calcite

Variety Of: 

Calcite

Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
3.0
Formula: 
(Ca,Pb)CO3
Hardness: 
0.0

Plumosite

Synonym Of: 

Boulangerite

Formula: 
Pb5Sb4S11
Strunz: 
2.HC.15
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

Cosalite

Formula: 
Pb2Bi2S5
Strunz: 
2.JB.10
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

Dadsonite

Formula: 
Pb23Sb25S60Cl
Strunz: 
2.HC.30
Hardness: 
2.5

Jamesonite

Formula: 
Pb4FeSb6S14
Strunz: 
2.HB.15
Hardness: 
2.5

Zinkenite

Formula: 
Pb9Sb22S42
Strunz: 
2.JB.35a
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5