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Smithite & Rathite

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Smithite & Rathite

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Description
Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2 × 2.5 × 4 cm
Description

Dark red smithite resting on black rathite on dolomite matrix from Binntal

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Smithite

Formula: 
AgAsS2
Strunz: 
2.GC.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic Tabular crystals.
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland

Rathite

Formula: 
Pb8Pb4-x(Tl2As2)x(Ag2As2)As16S40
Strunz: 
2.HC.05d
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland

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