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Millerite

Ex Ian Jones Collection

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Description
Locality: 
Ferndale Pits, Tylorstown, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, United Kingdom
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.3 × 4.8 × 3.1 cm
Description

Delicate millerite crystals always amaze me with their beauty. these 'hairs' up to 2.3 cm are a highly reflective golden colour and contrast nicely with the white ankerite/siderite background. The main crystal has a very slight curve. 

Ex Ian Jones Collection
 

 

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Condition
Main Display: 
Excellent - locality specimen
Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Millerite

Formula: 
NiS
Strunz: 
2.CC.20
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic
Provenance
Peter Crozier Minerals