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Löllingite & Arsenopyrite

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FRN105598

Löllingite & Arsenopyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Huanggang Mine, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 3.4 × 4 cm
Description

Lollingite (FeAs2), a mineral that related to arsenopyrite, (the sulphur from arsenopyrite (FeAsS) was replaced by arsenic) and the lollingite from this mine are being hailed as best of its kinds from its spear shape, lustrous and silvery crystals. You can also find sharp, intergrown splendent, silver gray crystals of arsenopyrite scattered on the main crystal surface.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Löllingite

Formula: 
FeAs2
Strunz: 
2.EB.15a
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Type Locality: 
Wolfbau Mine, Lölling District, Hüttenberger Erzberg, Hüttenberg, Friesach - Hüttenberg area, Carinthia, Austria

Arsenopyrite

Formula: 
FeAsS
Strunz: 
2.EB.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
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