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Crookesite & Klockmannite

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Crookesite & Klockmannite

SEM-EDS confirmed sample no 2019-06-05-SK-1x

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Description
Locality: 
Skrikerum Mine, Valdemarsvik, Östergötland County, Sweden
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 2.2 × 1 cm
Description

Polished section (2019-06-05-SK-1x) hosting SEM-EDS confirmed reflective grey crookesite, bukovite and  bluish klockmannite. Analysis attached. 

1-1,1-2 crookesite, white reflective, first two attachments in analysis section

1-3 umangite, purplish reflective, third attachment in analysis section, at% Cu:Se 49:33 ~3:2, umangite

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Crookesite

Formula: 
Cu7(Tl, Ag)Se4
Strunz: 
2.BD.50
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Colour: 
Lead Grey
Type Locality: 
Skrikerum Mine (Skrickerum Mine), Valdemarsvik, Östergötland, Sweden

Klockmannite

Formula: 
CuSe
Strunz: 
2.CA.05b
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Las Asperezas mine (Sarmiento deposit; Veta Sarmiento), Sierra de Cacho, Villa Castelli, General Lamadrid department, La Rioja, Argentina
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Crookesite & Klockmannite
Analysis Report - only: Crookesite & Klockmannite
Analysis Report - only: Crookesite & Klockmannite