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Hutchinsonite

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Hutchinsonite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Quiruvilca Mine, Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, Libertad Department, Peru
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 3.3 × 2.4 cm
Description

Hutchinsonite is a rare thallium species.
You can see even by eye the sharp, wide, chisel-tipped termineated Hutchinsonite crystals. They are, moreover, set against gorgeous contrasting orpiment.

It is truely a superb specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hutchinsonite

Formula: 
TlPbAs5S9
Strunz: 
2.HD.45
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland