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Routhierite

EDS conf. specimen no 20-03-13-ars1

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Description
Locality: 
Monte Arsiccio Mine, Sant'Anna di Stazzema, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.4 × 1.4 cm
Description

EDS conf. specimen no 20-03-13-ars1 hosting red routhierite with pyrite in carbonate matrix. 

Routhierite is the Cu analogue of arsiccioite. Analysis attached. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Routhierite

Formula: 
Tl(Cu,Ag)(Hg,Zn)2(As,Sb)2S6
Strunz: 
2.GA.40
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Jas Roux, La Chapelle-en-Valgaudemar (La Chapelle-en-Valgaudémar), Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France...