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Clausthalite

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Clausthalite

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Description
Locality: 
Virgen de Surumi Mine, Pakajake Canyon, Chayanta Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 1.5 × 1.1 cm
Description

Tiny clausthalite crystals with a molten like structure. Several other Se minerals are also present, but have to be analysed: Greenish spots and a another species with a metallic look.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Clausthalite

Formula: 
PbSe
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
St Lorenz Mine, Burgstatt veins, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany