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Vrbaite & Christite

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Vrbaite & Christite

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Description
Locality: 
Shimen County, Changde, Hunan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 2.7 × 2.3 cm
Description

Very good and rich vrbaite specimen with several sharp and very lustrous  vrbaite crystals on realgar.

There are also groups of christite crystals on orpiment and realgar. Christite is anextremely rare mineral species. (Picture #5)

SEM-EDS analysed

Rare!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Vrbaite

Formula: 
Tl4Hg3Sb2As8S20
Strunz: 
2.HF.20
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Allchar (Alsar; Alshar), Roszdan, Republic of Macedonia

Christite

Formula: 
TlHgAsS3
Strunz: 
2.HD.15
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Carlin Gold mine, Elko, Lynn District, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Vrbaite & Christite
Analysis Report - only: Vrbaite & Christite