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Galkhaite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Getchell Mine, Humboldt County, Nevada, United States of America
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3 × 2.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.30cm
Description

Small red cubic crystals of galkhaite on typical matrix. Some damage but a great colour, a nice example of this rare cesium-thallium-mercury-sulfosalt.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Galkhaite

Formula: 
(Cs,Tl)(Hg,Cu,Zn)6(As,Sb)4S12
Strunz: 
2.GB.20
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Khaidarkan Sb-Hg deposit (Chaidarkan), Fergana Valley, Alai Range (Alay Range), Osh Oblast, Kyrgyzstan
Cartils Minerals

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