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Breithauptite & Allargentum

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Breithauptite & Allargentum

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Description
Locality: 
St Andreasberg District, Lower Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.4 × 3.4 × 2.9 cm
Description

Pink metallic breithauptite associated with allargentum and ullmannite in calcite from the St. Andreasberg district, Harz, Germany. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Breithauptite

Formula: 
NiSb
Strunz: 
2.CC.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
5.5
Type Locality: 
St Andreasberg, St Andreasberg District, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany

Allargentum

Formula: 
(Ag1-xSbx)
Strunz: 
2.AA.30
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.5
Colour: 
Silver
Type Locality: 
University Mine (Giroux Lake Mine), Coleman Township, Cobalt area, Cobalt-Gowganda region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada