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Alabandite & Cubanite On Calcite

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Alabandite & Cubanite On Calcite

Fluorescent

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Description
Locality: 
Garpenberg Norra Mine, Garpenberg, Hedemora, Dalarna County, Sweden
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
14 × 8 × 7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.00cm
Description

A cabinet calcite cluster with alabandite- on the surface and cubanite crystals on the inside of the calcite crystals There are also pyrite and "oil bubbles".

It is fluorising dark red and a little blue. The weight is 848 gr.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Alabandite

Formula: 
MnS
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Sacarîmb (Sãcãrâmb; Szekerembe; Nagyág), Deva, Hunedoara Co., Romania

Cubanite

Formula: 
CuFe2S3
Strunz: 
2.CB.55a
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Barracanao (Baracoa), Moa-Baracoa District, Mayarí-Baracoa Belt, Holguín Province, Cuba

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White
Lennart Borg

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