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Miersite

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Miersite

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Description
Locality: 
Poteryaevskoe Mine, Rubtsovskoe, Rudnyi Altai, Altai Krai, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 1.9 × 1.5 cm
Description

A very good example of miersite, with a rich coverage of small yellow tetrahedral crystals of this rare silver-copper-iodide on an azurite matrix.
A great specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Miersite

Formula: 
(Ag,Cu)I
Strunz: 
3.AA.05
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Colour: 
Yellow
Streak: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
Cartils Minerals

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