Name:

boulangerite (Mullanite)

A photo of the mineral boulangerite

Class:

Sulfides

Chemistry:

Pb5 Sb4 S11

Color(s):

mettalic lloking, gray, black streak: reddish-brown

Hardness:

2.5

SpecGrav:

5.7 - 6.3

Fracture:

brittle

Cleavage:

indistinct

Crystal:

Monoclinic - prismatic Acicular - Occurs as needle-like crystals., Massive - Fibrous

Envronment:

present in lead-ore deposits

Association:

galena, stibnite, sphalerite, pyrite, quartz

Locals:

| Germany | USSR | S.D., USA |

Misc:

Named for a mining engineer, C. L. Boulanger, France.

Photos
& Locals:

1.) Zacatecas, Mexico
2.) Zacatecas, Mexico

3.) Zacatecas, Mexico

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