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Skinnerite

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Skinnerite

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 × 5 × 5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.30cm
Description

Rare skinnerite on white magnesite matrix. Largest skinnerite crystal on this sample reaches 3 mm, which is one of the largest found in the world! Crystal is grey, striated with unidentified bluish-green supergene phase.

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