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Emplectite

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Emplectite

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Description
Locality: 
Tannenbaum Mine, Antonsthal, Breitenbrunn, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 2.3 × 2.5 cm
Description

A very good example of the rare copper-bismuth-sulfide emplectite from the Type Locality.
The sample has a very rich coverage of lustrous, grey metallic, elongated prismatic emplectite crystals embedded in a quartz matrix.
Great classic piece.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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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