Description
Bindheimite of bright yellow color in coating on an oxidized gangue, from the Wamsley mine in Nevada, North America. Bindheimite, with the chemical formula Pb2Sb2O7, is an alteration mineral of pb-Sn sulfosalts.
This specimen is from the mineral collection of Deyrolle, a former naturalist dealer in Paris. It comes with its original label, which dates from the 1950s/1970s.
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