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Jamesonite

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Jamesonite

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Description
Locality: 
Noche Buena Mine, Noche Buena, Mazapil Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 5.5 × 2.5 cm
Description

Rich specimen of acicular jamesonite, a mass of thousands of tiny grey hair-like crystals on matrix. Old material.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Jamesonite

Formula: 
Pb4FeSb6S14
Strunz: 
2.HB.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Cornwall, England, UK
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