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Paxite

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Paxite

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Description
Locality: 
Nieder-Beerbach, Mühltal, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.2 × 0.1 × 0.1 cm
Description

A capsula with a sample of the rare sulfide paxite. This mineral is known to be found at only three places worldwide.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Paxite

Formula: 
CuAs2
Strunz: 
2.EB.15c
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5
Colour: 
Grey
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Černý Důl (Schwarzenthal), Krkonoše Mtn (Riesengebirge), Hradec Králové Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic