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Emplectite With Fluorite & Chalcopyrite & Siderite

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Emplectite With Fluorite & Chalcopyrite & Siderite

ex Dr. Wilke collection, Eppertshausen, Germany
Type Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Tannenbaum Mine, Antonsthal, Breitenbrunn, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
5 × 7.5 × 5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Weight: 
275.00gr
Description

Emplektite is a quite rare Cu-Bi sulfosalt. Here is a very fine and showy classic specimen from the type locality "Tannenbaum Mine, Antonsthal, Breitenbrunn District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany", from old Dr. Wilke collection.

It features high lustrous, striated gray needles of emplectite up to 10 mm, freely grown in little vugs between pale green fluorite cubes. Accompanied by sharp crystals of chalcopyrite and tabular cream-colored siderite.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Emplectite

Formula: 
CuBiS2
Strunz: 
2.HA.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic Prismatic crystlas
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Tannenbaum Mine, Antonsthal, Breitenbrunn District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Fluorite

Formula: 
CaF2
Strunz: 
3.AB.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

Chalcopyrite

Formula: 
CuFeS2
Strunz: 
2.CB.10a
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Siderite

Formula: 
FeCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White

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