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Belendorffite & Cuprite

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Belendorffite & Cuprite

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Description
Locality: 
Rudabánya, Rudabányai Mountains, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Hungary
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1 × 0.7 cm
Description

3 bronze coloured belendorffite crystals in cuprite matrix cavities.

The crystallized belendorffite are extremely rare from this locality.

New find in an old materia.
 

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

Cuprite

Formula: 
Cu2O
Strunz: 
4.AA.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

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