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Baksanite

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Description
Locality: 
Tyrnyauz Deposit, Baksan Valley, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.8 × 0.9 × 0.7 cm
Description

Grey metallic baksanite inclusions in andradite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baksanite

Formula: 
Bi6Te2S3
Strunz: 
2.DC.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Anomaly No. 3, Tyrnyauz Mo-W deposit, Baksan valley, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Northern Caucasus Region, Russia