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Description: Leadhillite Locality: Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Strathclyde (Lanarkshire), Scotland, UK (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 5.3 x 5.1 x 4.4 cm. Sharp, gemmy, razor-thin crystals of transparent leadhillite, grown inside a protective vug of heavy galena which seems to be partially altered to cerussite. This is a whole nodule or vug, with the inside pocket intact.
Title: Leadhillite-189253
Credit: http://www.mindat.org/photo-189253.html
Author: Robert M. Lavinsky
Usage Terms: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0
License: CC BY-SA 3.0
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