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Kolymite

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Kolymite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Marcelita Prospect, Pabellón, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 2.5 × 2.4 cm
Description

Kolmyite is a very rare CuHg mineral.

This specimen was analyzed by Dr. Sid Williams in the late 1980s and comes with an original "Globo de Plomo" label.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kolymite

Formula: 
Cu7Hg6
Strunz: 
1.AD.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Krokhalinoye dyke, Arik-Revkom zone, Kolyma River Basin, Magadanskaya Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia...