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Jamesonite On Arsenopyrite

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Jamesonite On Arsenopyrite

ex Ruppenthal-stock (sixties find)
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Santa Rita Mine, Noria de Angeles, Noria de Angeles Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3.5 × 2.6 cm
Description

Thousands of jamesonite needles on rhombic arsenopyrite crystals. Old find from the sixties. You simply don't get this anymore today.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Jamesonite

Formula: 
Pb4FeSb6S14
Strunz: 
2.HB.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Cornwall, England, UK

Arsenopyrite

Formula: 
FeAsS
Strunz: 
2.EB.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0

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