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Shakhovite

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Description
Locality: 
Landsberg, Obermoschel, Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.4 × 0.35 × 0.15 cm
Description

Very rare yellow platy shakhovite with native mercury, calomel and minor eglestonite on matrix. Very rare!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Shakhovite

Formula: 
(Hg+2)Hg2+2(Sb3+O3)(OH)3
Strunz: 
4.FB.05
Hardness: 
0.0
Streak: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Khaidarkan Sb-Hg deposit (Chaidarkan), Fergana Valley, Alai Range (Alay Range), Osh Oblast, Kyrgyzstan