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Gortdrumite

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Description
Locality: 
Schwarzleo District, Schwarzleograben, Leogang, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.9 × 1.8 × 1.6 cm
Description

Filigrane gortdrumite associated with cinnabar in cavities of quartz. 

The bright metallic phase within the gortdrumite might be a Ag-Hg amalgam (moschellandsbergite). 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gortdrumite

Formula: 
(Cu,Fe)6Hg2S5
Strunz: 
2.BD.10
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Gortdrum Mine, Monard, Co. Tipperary, Ireland