Plinian

Plinian

Plinian, Mineral, erscheint in tafelartigen Krystallen des monoklinoëdrischen Systems, Härte 5 bis 6, spec. Gew. 6,2 bis 6,5; zinnweiß, wenig glänzend, besteht aus Schwefeleisen u. Arseneisen; es findet sich in Zinnwald, Ehrenfriedersdorf, am St. Gotthardt.


Pierer's Lexicon. 1857–1865.

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