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Italy, Sardegna,
Carbonia-Iglesias prov, Iglesias, Monteponi mine
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Anglesite
Transparent X, well defined, on galena. It is 4 cm high. It
has an internal fracture, but it is a minor imperfection; the low part is
opaque, it is transparent on the tip that is perfectly terminated
4.5x4cm
Monteponi mine, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias. Italy
Specimen n.417
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Anglesite
Water-transparent X, 1.1 cm long, with smaller other XX on galena
matrix
4.5x6cm
Monteponi mine, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias. Italy
Specimen n.539 |
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Anglesite
1.2 cm long, prismatic X on galena matrix. The X, without damages,
has a complex shape
4.5x4cm
Monteponi mine, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias. Italy
Specimen n.281
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Anglesite
Group of anglesite XX, transformed in cerussite micro XX
5x4cm
Monteponi mine, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias. Italy
Specimen n.973 |
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Anglesite
Transparent elongated crystals in galena cavity, the smaller (up to 1.2cm) with good
termination, other bigger (3/4cm) with galena on top. A portion of the galena matrix is altered in compact
anglesite, partially crystallized
(this mineral always forms through the alteration of lead sulfides)
10.5x8.5cm
Monteponi mine, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias. Italy
Specimen n.260
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Anglesite
Black crystal, well developed (2.5 x2 cm wide) in a compact galena
matrix. This kind of anglesite was not so uncommon in Monteponi mine
7.5x8cm
Monteponi mine, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias. Italy
Specimen n.1204
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Phosgenite
Striated XX, partially terminated; crystallized area is 2.5x2cm wide
6x5cm
Monteponi mine, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias. Italy
Specimen n.8
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Phosgenite
Amber semi-transparent X, 1.7x1.4x0.9cm, on galena matrix with anglesite
XX
7x6.5cm
Monteponi mine, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias. Italy
Specimen n.683
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Phosgenite
Large and fat X of phosgenite (3.5 x 4.5 wide), partially replaced by
cerussite, as always occours. On galena rich matrix
8x8cm
Monteponi mine, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias. Italy
Specimen n.1289
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Phosgenite
Opaque XX, 1.5x1.9 cm, in a cavity, on galena matrix. A lot of smaller XX in the
cavity
11x10cm
Monteponi mine, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias. Italy
Specimen n.315
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