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Wittichenite & Emplectite

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Wittichenite & Emplectite

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Description
Locality: 
Daniel Mine, Gallenbach Valley, Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.3 × 2 cm
Description

A good coverage of lustrous black metallic grains and masses of wittichenite and greyish metallic acicular and prismatic crystals of emplectite in matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Wittichenite

Formula: 
Cu3BiS3
Strunz: 
2.GA.20
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic Prismatic crystals or masses
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Emplectite

Formula: 
CuBiS2
Strunz: 
2.HA.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic Prismatic crystlas
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Tannenbaum Mine, Antonsthal, Breitenbrunn District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Cartils Minerals

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