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Edenharterite & Hatchite

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Edenharterite & Hatchite

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Description
Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 2 × 2 cm
Description

On the specimen a crystallized aggregate of grey edenharterite (~3.5 mm long) is present (images 2, 3, 5). It is partly embedded in realgar. On the left side is a small contact where the edenharterite shows the typical raspberry-red colour (image 2). On the right side numerous black triclinic crystals of hatchite (image 4) are grown on the edenharterite. There also is a columnar crystal of edenharterite, next to black hatchite (image 1).
Found in 1989.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Edenharterite

Formula: 
PbTlAs3S6
Strunz: 
2.HD.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Streak: 
Red
Type Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland

Hatchite

Formula: 
AgTlPbAs2S5
Strunz: 
2.GC.05
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Lead-gray
Type Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland
BinnMin

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