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Galkhaite

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Galkhaite

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Description
Locality: 
Getchell Mine, Humboldt County, Nevada, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 2.8 × 1.4 cm
Description

Beautiful intense red galkhaite, partly showing the typical metallic luster in direct reflected light. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Galkhaite

Formula: 
(Cs,Tl)(Hg,Cu,Zn)6(As,Sb)4S12
Strunz: 
2.GB.20
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Khaidarkan Sb-Hg deposit (Chaidarkan), Fergana Valley, Alai Range (Alay Range), Osh Oblast, Kyrgyzstan