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Skinnerite

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Skinnerite

ex. Rudolf Ďuďa collection
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Bankov, Košice, Košice County, Košice Region, Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 3.5 × 1.5 cm
Description

Rare copper-antimony sulfide Skinnerite. Sample presents grey crystals and crystal aggregates. Bankov locality belongs to one of a few localities in the world where skinnerite is visible with naked eye.

Ex. Rudolf Ďuďa collection

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Skinnerite

Formula: 
Cu3SbS3
Strunz: 
2.GA.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.0
Colour: 
Gray
Type Locality: 
Skinnerite occurrence, Head of Kangerluarsuk, Kangerluarsuk Fjord (Kangerdluarssuq Fjord), Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland