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Galkhaite

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Galkhaite

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Description
Locality: 
Chauvai, Batken, Kyrgyzstan
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.9 × 2.5 × 2 cm
Description

Nice sample of cherry-red galkhaite with unidentified minerals on matrix 

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

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