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Lafossaite On Raguinite

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Lafossaite On Raguinite

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Description
Locality: 
Allchar, Rožden, North Macedonia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 1.1 × 1.1 cm
Description

Black metallic raguinite, SEM-EDS confirmed, coated by tiny cubic lafossaite on realgar matrix. 

Analytical data in the child photos. Analysis no 691. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lafossaite

Formula: 
Tl(Cl,Br)
Strunz: 
3.AA.25
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
La Fossa crater, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italy

Raguinite

Formula: 
TlFeS2
Strunz: 
2.CB.60
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Allchar (Alsar; Alshar), Roszdan, Republic of Macedonia
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Lafossaite On Raguinite
Analysis Report - only: Lafossaite On Raguinite
Analysis Report - only: Lafossaite On Raguinite
Analysis Report - only: Lafossaite On Raguinite
Analysis Report - only: Lafossaite On Raguinite