Anglesite Mineral

Hey dear community, first of all I would like to welcome you all to my new post and hope you had an exciting day, full of positive experiences! Today I would like to talk a little about minerals and hope you are able to learn new things.

You can see here a very wonderful specimen of the mineral Anglesite which comes to light through the typical dark gray shine and this specimen also contains proportions of sulfur and has this typical smell. From the chemical composition, anglesite is rich in lead and usually contains over 70% of it, which makes it particularly interesting as ore and it was named at the end of the 18th century by the mineralogist François Sulpice Beudant (1787 - 1850) who had decided to name it after the island of Anglesey, which is located in the northern part of Wales, which is also considered a historical place and has already been inhabited by the Celts. When it comes to minerals, Anglesey is generally a very interesting place and can look back on a long history around during the 18th century, it was particularly known for the extraction of copper and there are some rare minerals that have been discovered here. Anglesite is rather more common to find and therefore it is particularly suitable as ore and there are also other areas of application and it is also sometimes of interest for the jewelry industry and there are many interesting approaches in the field of research and it also enjoys very great popularity in the circles of collectors. When it comes to use as ore, places of discovery are particularly interesting in which Anglesite can be found in large quantities and lead is in turn a much needed element with a high demand from an industrial point of view. The formation can be traced back to oxidation and it can be found together with other lead-containing minerals and it is also known as lead vitriol.

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you could learn something new about minerals! I captured these pictures with my Camera Sony Alpha 6000 plus 55-210 mm lens!