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Wallisite

SEM-EDS confirmed sample no 2019-05-16-09

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Description
Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.2 × 1.2 cm
Description

SEM-EDS confirmed sample no 2019-05-16-09 hosting dark black wallisite on a sartorite group mineral on dolomite matrix. 

Analysis attached (Cu>Ag) allowing it to assign it to the endmember wallisite. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Wallisite

Formula: 
(Cu,Ag)TlPbAs2S5
Strunz: 
2.GC.05
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Lead-gray
Type Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Wallisite
Analysis Report - only: Wallisite
Analysis Report - only: Wallisite
Analysis Report - only: Wallisite