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Seligmannite

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Seligmannite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Palomo Mine, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica Department, Peru
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.8 × 3.8 × 3.3 cm
Description

This specimen of quartz is host to lightly etched crystals of galena.

Beautiful black, lustrous microcrystals of the very rare mineral seligmannite sitting on the galena and on quartz crystals.

Very good 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