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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: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 4 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
7.00cm
Description

This is a calcite crystal, almost a floater, with alabandite crystals on the outside and probably cubanite inside the calcite.

The fluorescence colour is red.

Without damages. It weights 76 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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