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Hauchecornite & Millerite

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Hauchecornite & Millerite

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Description
Locality: 
Friedrich Mine, Schönstein, Wissen, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 2 × 1.8 cm
Description

Very big silver metallic hauchecornite of more than 4mm with thick millerite. This specimen comes from the one time find before the 19th century.

Type locality!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hauchecornite

Formula: 
Ni9Bi(Sb,Bi)S8
Strunz: 
2.BB.10
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Friedrich Mine, Schönstein (Steckenstein), Wissen, Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Millerite

Formula: 
NiS
Strunz: 
2.CC.20
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic