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Luzonite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Chinkuashih Mine, Ruifang District, New Taipei City, Taiwan (Province Of China)
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 5 × 4.2 cm
Description

This is a rare crystalized luzonite specimen. Luzonite is a rare copper-arsenic sulfide, forms rarely crystals. This sample is rich in small but well formed crystals and also massive luzonite. There's also some tabular, black metallic enargite on the specimen, as associated mineral.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Luzonite

Formula: 
Cu3AsS4
Strunz: 
2.KA.10
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
Black.
Type Locality: 
Lepanto Mine, Mancayan mineral district (Mankayan), Benguet Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines
Loranth Minerals

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