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Rathite & Dufrénoysite

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Rathite & Dufrénoysite

EPMA WDS no HG200
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Description
Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1.2 × 1 cm
Description

EPMA WDS confirmed rathite in a cavity of dolomite from the Lengenbach quarry, Binn Valley, Switzerland. 

Comes with a printed copy of the analysis no HG200.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rathite

Formula: 
Pb8Pb4-x(Tl2As2)x(Ag2As2)As16S40
Strunz: 
2.HC.05d
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland

Dufrénoysite

Formula: 
Pb2As2S5
Strunz: 
2.HC.05d
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland