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Weishanite

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Description
Locality: 
Keystone Mine, Magnolia, Boulder County, Colorado, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.15 × 0.1 × 0.1 cm
Description

Tiny hexagonal weishanite together with the also rare magnolite on matrix. From analysed material, one of the last specimen hosting both on matrix. 

Probably the only yet known find of weishanite in crystals.

Very rare!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Weishanite

Formula: 
(Au,Ag)3Hg2
Strunz: 
1.AD.20a
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Poshan Mine, Weishancheng ore field, Tongbai Co., Nanyang Prefecture, Henan Province, China
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Weishanite