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Millerite

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Description
Locality: 
Grüneau Mine, Schutzbach, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 2.8 × 1.7 cm
Description

Beautiful millerite-"star" on siderite matrix.  Classic material from the Rhineland-Palatinate.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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