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Christite

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Description
Locality: 
Jiepaiyu Mine, Shimen, Shimen County, Changde, Hunan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 0.6 × 0.5 cm
Description

Extremely rare metallic red christite on orpiment. Confirmed specimen. 

References: G. Favreau, Munich 2017

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Christite

Formula: 
TlHgAsS3
Strunz: 
2.HD.15
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Carlin Gold mine, Elko, Lynn District, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA