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Lorándite

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Lorándite

Rare Mineral
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Description
Locality: 
Crven Dol, Allchar, Ržanovo, Kavadarci Municipality, North Macedonia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.6 × 2.8 × 2.4 cm
Description

This is a very good and old specimen of a very rare Thallium mineral, named after Prof. Loránd Eötvös (1848-1919), physicist, mathematician and politician of Budapest.

Deep red lorandite crystals intergrown in the oripiment/realgar matrix from the famous locality in Macedonia.

With Raguinite microcrystals.

RARE !

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lorándite

Formula: 
TlAsS2
Strunz: 
2.HD.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Allchar (Alsar; Alshar), Roszdan, Republic of Macedonia
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