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Baumhauerite With Orpiment & Pyrite

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Baumhauerite With Orpiment & Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.7 × 3.5 × 2 cm
Description

Very rich specimen with metallic gray type locality material of baumhauerite in very good crystals (a little hidden in vugs) associated with minor orpiment, realgar and pyrite cubes in dolomite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baumhauerite

Formula: 
Pb12As16S36
Strunz: 
2.HC.05b
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland

Orpiment

Formula: 
As2S3
Strunz: 
2.FA.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0

Pyrite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5

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