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Protochabournéite & Arsiccioite

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Protochabournéite & Arsiccioite

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Description
Locality: 
Monte Arsiccio Mine, Sant'Anna di Stazzema, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 1.7 × 0.9 cm
Description

Intense red arsiccioite in cavities and grey metallic protochabourneite. This sample might also host boscardinite, but XRD is not sufficient and WDS analysis should be made of a cut section. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Protochabournéite

Formula: 
Tl5-xPb2x(Sb,As)21-xS34 (x ~ 1.2-1.5)
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Sant'Olga tunnel, Monte Arsiccio Mine, Sant'Anna di Stazzema, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy...

Arsiccioite

Formula: 
AgHg2Tl(As,Sb)2S6
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Red
Type Locality: 
Monte Arsiccio Mine, Sant'Anna di Stazzema, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy...