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Rammelsbergite & Nickeline

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Rammelsbergite & Nickeline

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Description
Locality: 
Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 4 × 2.5 cm
Description

Dark rammelsbergite with lustrous copper red silvery nickeline (Siebenschleen Mine)

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rammelsbergite

Formula: 
NiAs2
Strunz: 
2.EB.15a
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Nickeline

Formula: 
NiAs
Strunz: 
2.CC.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5