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Christite Rebulite & Dalnegroite

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Christite Rebulite & Dalnegroite

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Description
Locality: 
Jiepaiyu Mine, Shimen, Shimen County, Changde, Hunan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3 × 1.8 cm
Description

Very good and rich sample hosting many well developed rebulite on realgar. The sample features crystals on both sides. Mainly undamaged. 

The sample hosts also one group of christite with globular dalnegroite. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Christite

Formula: 
TlHgAsS3
Strunz: 
2.HD.15
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Carlin Gold mine, Elko, Lynn District, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA

Dalnegroite

Formula: 
(Tl4Pb2)(As12Sb8)S34
Strunz: 
2.HC.05e
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Colour: 
red
Type Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland