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Aikinite With Gold

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Aikinite With Gold

Ex Bauer collection, Munich, Germany
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Description
Locality: 
Berezovsk Mines, Ekaterinberg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian Federation
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 4.2 × 1.7 cm
Description

Grey aikinite (german "Nadelerz") and native gold in quartz from famous Beresovsk mines in Urals mountains - type locality for aikinite. With old sticker and Bauer coll label, found before 1800.
weight: 18 grams

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Aikinite

Formula: 
PbCuBiS3
Strunz: 
2.HB.05a
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Berezovskoe Au Deposit (Berezovsk Mines), Berezovskii (Berezovskii Zavod), Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

Gold

Formula: 
Au
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

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