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Fülöppite

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Fülöppite

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Description
Locality: 
Mina Casualidad, Baños de Alhamilla, Almería, Andalusia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.3 × 2.2 cm
Description

Fülöppite is a rare Lead-Antimony Sulfosalt.

This very good specimen comes form a recently published location in Spain where a very limited number of specimens could be found between 1998 and 2009. It shows beautiful sharp and globular fülöppite  crystals in vugs on matrix.

Specimen was SEM/EDS confirmed.

The recently published paper about the location is available for the buyer on request.

 

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
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Fülöppite