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Falkmanite

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Falkmanite

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Description
Locality: 
Bayerland Mine, Pfaffenreuth, Leonberg, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.3 × 5.5 × 2.7 cm
Description

This is a fantastic old specimen of grey fibrous falkmanite in chalcopyrite matrix from the type locality.

Nowadays extremely hard to obtain.

Ex Fritz Haller collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Falkmanite

Formula: 
Pb5.4Sb3.6S11
Strunz: 
2.HC.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Bayerland Mine, Pfaffenreuth, Leonberg, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany