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Spionkopite & Yarrowite

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Spionkopite & Yarrowite

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Description
Locality: 
Yarrow Creek, Alberta, Canada
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.3 × 1 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small specimen with numerous grains of yarrowite and spionkopite in matrix with minor malachite. A good example of two rare copper sulfides from the type locality for both species.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Spionkopite

Formula: 
Cu39S28
Strunz: 
2.CA.05c
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Colour: 
Blue
Type Locality: 
Spionkop Creek, Yarrow Creek-Spionkop Creek deposit, Alberta, Canada

Yarrowite

Formula: 
Cu9S8
Strunz: 
2.CA.05d
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Yarrow Creek, Yarrow Creek-Spionkop Creek deposit, Alberta, Canada

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