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Chabournéite

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Chabournéite

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Description
Locality: 
Monte Arsiccio Mine, Sant'Anna di Stazzema, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 3.3 × 2.7 cm
Description

Black metallic chabourneite in realgar from the Monte Arsiccio Mine. 

Minor arsiccioite associated. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chabournéite

Formula: 
Tl21-xPb2x(Sb,As)91-xS147 (x = 0-17.5)
Strunz: 
2.HC.05e
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Colour: 
Black
Type Locality: 
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