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Arsenopyrite In Hematite

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Arsenopyrite In Hematite

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Description
Locality: 
Kipushi Mine, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 3.3 × 2.1 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.90cm
Description

Sharp silver-white and highly lustrous arsenopyrite crystals imbedded in a hematite breccia. Interesting specimen from the Kipushi mine with an uncommon paragenesis that is rare in collections. Historical pieces from Kipushi such as these are hard to find available.

With a handwritten label from the Achiel Moors collection. He was a Belgian colonist in the D.R.Congo from 1957 to 1972.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Arsenopyrite

Formula: 
FeAsS
Strunz: 
2.EB.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

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