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Fülöppite

Type locality
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Dealul Crucii Adit, Baia Mare, Maramureș County, Romania
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 2.3 × 1.7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.15cm
Description

The only find of fuloppite from this, the type locality, occurred in 1928. The find consisted of approximantely 120 small pieces that were not offered for sale by the original discoverer.

In 1970, his belongings, including the specimens, were sold. "Kipfer, Alexander The Zurich Show "1975, (Mineralogical Record, Vol. 7, pg 140.)

Nowadays almost impossible to get!

 

Lustrous bladed crystals to 1.5 mm.

Several sharp fuloppite crystals with minor zinckenite on matrix. Very good specimen of this very rare species!

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Fülöppite

Formula: 
Pb3Sb8S15
Strunz: 
2.HC.10a
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Dealul Crucii Adit (Crucii Hill; Kreuzberg; Kereszthegy), Baia Mare (Nagybánya), Maramureș Co., Romania