FormulaPbSO4
OriginMonteponi Mine, Sardinien (Italy) 
DescriptionLight yellow anglesite crystals on matrix of galenite. 
Classification (Lapis) Sulfates
Crystal Systemorthorhombic
Hardness2,5 – 3,0
ColourColorless to white, commonly tinted gray; orange, yellow, green, blue, rarely violet; colorless in transmitted light
Streakwhite 
Luminescencedifferent colours possible
Luster Vitreous gloss
Transparency (Opacity)transparent to opaque
Cleavagegood
Fractureconchoidal
Magnetismnegative
Geological SettingCommon in the oxidized zone of lead deposits, where it may constitute an important ore
Specific Gravity6,38 g/cm3
Kristallmodell







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