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Wakabayashilite & Smithite

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Wakabayashilite & Smithite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Jas Roux, La Chapelle-en-Valgaudemar, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 2.7 × 2 cm
Description

Interesting specimen of three very rare minerals from Jas Roux, France.

Yellow wakabayashilite crystals with deep red Smithite and black pierrotite on matrix.

SEM-EDS confirmed

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Wakabayashilite

Formula: 
[(As,Sb)6S9][As4S5]
Strunz: 
2.FA.40
Hardness: 
1.5
Type Locality: 
Nishinomaki Mine, Gunma Prefecture, Kanto region, Honshu Island, Japan

Smithite

Formula: 
AgAsS2
Strunz: 
2.GC.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic Tabular crystals.
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Wakabayashilite & Smithite
Analysis Report - only: Wakabayashilite & Smithite