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Imhofite

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Imhofite

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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: 
2.4 × 1.3 × 1.2 cm
Description

Rare red metallic imhofite crystals forming sprays on orpiment matrix. 

Rare mineral!

 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Imhofite

Formula: 
Tl5.8As15.4S26
Strunz: 
2.HD.30
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland