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Millerite On Sepiolite

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Millerite On Sepiolite

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Description
Locality: 
Wurlitz, Oberkotzau, Hof, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.3 × 4.3 × 1.4 cm
Description

Very fine acicular millerite crystals on white sepiolite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Millerite

Formula: 
NiS
Strunz: 
2.CC.20
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

Sepiolite

Formula: 
Mg4(Si6O15)(OH)2·6H2O
Strunz: 
9.EE.25
Hardness: 
2.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Bettolino, Baldissero Canavese, Canavese District, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy

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