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Native Iron & Troilite

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Native Iron & Troilite

ex collection Klaus Belendorff
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Bühl, Weimar, Ahnatal, Kassel Region, Hesse, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
13.3 × 6.9 × 0.4 cm
Description

Terrestrial native iron is very rare. You can find more native iron in meteorites. This is a large cut slice (surely the biggest one available for a reasonable price) from one of the rarest finds ever - together with - according to Mindat and Mineralienatlas - the also (terrestrial) rare iron carbide cohenite. But collector and author Klaus Belendorff confirmed, that those entries should be corrected. He is sure that the iron is accompanied by troilite, a native iron protosulphide, related to the species pyrrhotite and smythite. 

The specimen was found by Klaus' grandfather, who himself worked in the ancient quarry, in 1917. The ancient quarry was mined until 1925, when it was flooded. Today it is a swimming pond.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Iron

Formula: 
Fe
Strunz: 
1.AE.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.5
Streak: 
Grey
Type Locality: 
Qeqertarsuaq Island (Disko Island), Qaasuitsup, Greenland

Troilite

Formula: 
FeS
Strunz: 
2.CC.10
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Albareto meteorite, Albareto, Modena Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

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Inland Germany 4.50
€4.50
Europe and Rest of World 7.50
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All orders will usually ship within three days after receiving payment, and maximum within ten days. Only the real postage will be charged plus a little fee of € 0.50 to maximum € 1.50 for packing and material. All orders will ship as registered mail. If possible orders will be shipped the cheapest - safe! - way. I use Hermes for Inland (Germany) shipping and some European Union orders, German Post/DHL for other European and International orders.

Collecting over a longer period/several consecutive auctions: - to save on shipping costs, please pay your single orders close to each invoicing and sent me a "hold" note (f.e. "I'd like to add items from future auctions"). I'll then hold onto each order and only charge the weight exceed postage difference (if there is one) on the next invoice. Difference of overpaid postage will be refunded.

Direct payment to bank account.
Owner: Hubertus Hühne
Volksbank Rhein-Nahe-Hunsrück e.G.
IBAN: DE64560900000001606426
BICGENODE51KRE

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