Lanarkite

 
Origin: Meadowfoot smelter, Wanlockhead, Lanark, Scotland
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 

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Lou Perloff

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Origin: Horners vein, Leadhills, Leadhills-Wanlockhead District, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK
Sample size: 1 mm bladed lanarkite crystal with acicular mattheddleite, and caledonite (left), crystals to 7 mm (right)
Owner: Steve Rust
 
Origin: Frongoch Mine (Bron-y-Goch; Llawynwnwch), Pontrhydygroes, Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion (Dyfed; Cardiganshire), Wales, UK
Sample size: 5 mm crystal spray of lanarkite
Owner: Steve Rust
 

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Steve Rust

 

Tufts of white lanarkite crystals with yellow massicot crusts
Origin: Zeilbahn Hüsten, Sauerland, Germany
Sample size: thumbnail
 

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Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

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