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Jalpaite

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Jalpaite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
San Giovanni Mine, Punta della Torre, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.5 × 1.1 cm
Description

Black crystals of the very rare mineral Jalpaite on matrix from Sardinia.

RARE !

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Jalpaite

Formula: 
Ag3CuS2
Strunz: 
2.BA.45
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal - Ditetragonal Dipyramidal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Leonora Mine, Jalpa, Mun. de Jalpa, Zacatecas, Mexico