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Imhofite & Smithite

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Imhofite & Smithite

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Description
Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 2.8 × 2.5 cm
Description

Intense red smithite associated with dark imhofite rosettes. 

Rare mineral!

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Imhofite

Formula: 
Tl5.8As15.4S26
Strunz: 
2.HD.30
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland

Smithite

Formula: 
AgAsS2
Strunz: 
2.GC.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic Tabular crystals.
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland