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Seligmannite

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Seligmannite

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Description
Locality: 
Palomo Mine, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica Department, Peru
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2 × 1.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.10cm
Description

This specimen of quartz is host to lightly etched crystals of galena. The galena crystals are host to sharp crystals of seligmannite to 1 mm across. Chalcopyrite also on this specimen.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Seligmannite

Formula: 
PbCuAsS3
Strunz: 
2.GA.50
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland