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Smythite

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Smythite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Bad Schlema, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 4.6 × 2.4 cm
Description

Rich specimen of orange brown, tabular smythite crystals with calcite and chalcopyrite all over the specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Smythite

Formula: 
(Fe,Ni)3+xS4 (x=0-0.3)
Strunz: 
2.CC.10
Hardness: 
4.5
Streak: 
dark gray
Type Locality: 
State Route 37 road cut (6), Bloomington, Monroe Co., Indiana, USA