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Huntilite

Ex Dr. Krantz, Bonn, Germany
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Silver Islet Mine, Silver Islet, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 5.5 × 3 cm
Weight: 
89.00gr
Description

'Huntilite' is a mixture of nickeline and silver - an impure silver arsenide originally described from the Silver islet Mine in Ontario, Canada in 1879 by Henry Wurtz. Although huntilite is now discredited, in 1879 it was thought to be a new mineral species and was named after Prof. T. Sterry Hunt. For a detailed, historic description see Engineering and Mining Journal, Volume 34 - Page 322, December 1882.

Here is a very typical specimen from this type locality featuring dendritic 'huntilite' frozen in cream-colored dolomite. One side is sawn (pic 6).

Comes with Alex Franz label and on-glued corresponding number sticker, and a second, older antique label of an unkonwn collection, likely from 19th century.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Huntilite

Mixture Of: 

Nickeline

Formula: 
NiAs
Strunz: 
2.CC.05
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5

Silver

Formula: 
Ag
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

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