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Marrite & Jordanite

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Marrite & Jordanite

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Description
Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 3 × 2 cm
Description

Lustrous metallic marrite crystals with jordanite needles, from 2001

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Marrite

Formula: 
AgPbAsS3
Strunz: 
2.JB.15
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland

Jordanite

Formula: 
Pb14(As,Sb)6S23
Strunz: 
2.JB.30a
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland