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Emplectite

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Emplectite

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Description
Locality: 
Antonsthal, Breitenbrunn, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 2 × 1.8 cm
Description

grey metallic needle-like crystals of 5 mm in a white Quartz matrix. Interesting specimens from a new find

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Emplectite

Formula: 
CuBiS2
Strunz: 
2.HA.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic Prismatic crystlas
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Tannenbaum Mine, Antonsthal, Breitenbrunn District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany