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Tarnowitzite

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Name:
Named in 1841 by August Breithaupt for the type locality, Tarnowskie Góry (Tarnowitz), Upper Silesia (Śląskie), Poland.
Synonym:
A synonym of 'Lead-bearing Aragonite'
This page provides mineralogical data about Tarnowitzite.


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Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:
11089 (as Tarnowitzite)
3893 (as Lead-bearing Aragonite)
307 (as Aragonite)
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:11089:9 (as Tarnowitzite)
mindat:1:1:3893:1 (as Lead-bearing Aragonite)
mindat:1:1:307:6 (as Aragonite)

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Jolyon RalphUnited Kingdom

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