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Rammelsbergite

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Rammelsbergite

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Description
Locality: 
Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 3 × 2.4 cm
Description

Bright grey metallic crystals and microcrystals of rammelsbergite with some tiny proustite crystals on massive rammelsbergite matrix.

Is notable a group of prismatic and very well-defined crystals to 2 mm, with triangular terminations. From the type locality for this specie

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
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