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Gersdorffite

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Gersdorffite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Aït Ahmane, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 4 × 3.3 cm
Description

Very lustrous specimen of octahedral crystals of this unusual nickel sulfoarsenide.

It shows very bright faces and defined edges. The luster is exceptional.

With green quartz crystals-

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gersdorffite

Formula: 
NiAsS
Strunz: 
2.EB.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.5
Type Locality: 
Zinkwand, Obertalbach valley, Schladminger Tauern, Schladming, Styria, Austria