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Lead with Pyrochroite and Allactite from Långban Mine, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden

 
Lead with Pyrochroite and Allactite from Långban Mine, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden

Lead with Pyrochroite and Allactite from Långban Mine, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden

DESCRIPTION:No. 38990
Mineral:Lead with Pyrochroite and Allactite
Locality:Långban Mine, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden
Description:Large skeletal crystal of gray-white native lead 23 mm high with small black pyrochroite crystals in crevices with red-brown allactite. Pure lead is rarely found in nature because of it's a affinity to combining with other elements as in sulfides.
Overall Size:28x23x12 mm
Crystals:0.5-23.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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