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Aikinite

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Aikinite

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Description
Locality: 
Julcani District, Angaraes Province, Huancavelica Department, Peru
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3.8 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.25cm
Description

The mineral is quite common, but such beautiful crystals are not.

Many needle parallel aggregates scattered among siderite and chalcopyrite crystals.

All intact and perfect.

Very nice specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Aikinite

Formula: 
PbCuBiS3
Strunz: 
2.HB.05a
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Berezovskoe Au Deposit (Berezovsk Mines), Berezovskii (Berezovskii Zavod), Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

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