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Belendorffite

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Belendorffite

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Locality: 
Rudabánya, Rudabányai Mountains, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Hungary
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1 × 2 cm
Description

Gold-bronze coloured belendorffite crust on a botryodal form native copper surface. This extremely rare mercury-amalgam appears only in sub-mm patches usually below the detection limit of the naked eye. This extraordinary piece is found in an old specimen collected in the ‘60s.
very limited in this quality....
 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Belendorffite

Formula: 
Cu7Hg6
Strunz: 
1.AD.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal Pseudo-cubic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Landsberg (Moschellandsberg), Alsenz-Obermoschel, Palatinate, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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