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Petterdite from
Red Lead Mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan District, Tasmania, Australia


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Red Lead Mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan District, Tasmania, Australia
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Description
Type Locality:Red Lead Mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan District, Tasmania, Australia is the type locality for Petterdite
Comments:Fine grained lilac rims on galena, with crocoite, cerussite, anglesite.
Quality of samples:Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
References
References:Birch, W.D., Kolitsch, U., Witzke, T., Nasdala, L. & Bottrill, R.S. 2001, Petterdite, the Cr-dominant analogue of dundasite, a new mineral species from Dundas, Tasmania, Australia and Callenberg, Saxony, Germany. Canadian Mineral., v. 38, p. 1467-1476.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Petterdite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Red Lead Mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan District, Tasmania, Australia
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