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Linnaeite

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Description
Locality: 
Friedrich Mine, Schönstein, Wissen, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3.8 × 2.5 cm
Description

A very interesting historic linneite specimen from the Friedrich mine, Wissen. This locality is also famous for millerite. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Linnaeite

Formula: 
Co2+Co3+2S4
Strunz: 
2.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.5
Type Locality: 
Bastnäs mines, Riddarhyttan, Skinnskatteberg, Västmanland, Sweden
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