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Wittichenite

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Wittichenite

ex collection Peter Wittmann
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Schmiedestollen, Wittichen, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.6 × 4 × 3.9 cm
Description

Dark metallic gray Wittichenite in a matrix of baryte with several other, not identified minerals. There is a rather nice, free standing wittichenite aggregate, but too small to show better with my camera. Arrow painted on with marker.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Wittichenite

Formula: 
Cu3BiS3
Strunz: 
2.GA.20
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic Prismatic crystals or masses
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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