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Schreibersite

Sorbonne
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Sao Juliao de Moreira Meteorite, Moreira do Lima, Ponte de Lima, Viana do Castelo District, Portugal
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.3 × 0.3 × 0.1 cm
Description

You are bidding on a sharp, lustrous single crystal(!) of schreibersite from this meteorite fall. Former Sorbonne, Alfredo Petrov and Chet Lemanski collections. Extremely rare to find this meteoric mineral in a crystal!

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What's on the rock

Schreibersite

Formula: 
(Fe,Ni)3P
Strunz: 
1.BD.05
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Type Locality: 
Magura meteorite, Slanica, Námestovo, Námestovo Co., Žilina Region, Slovakia

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