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Arsenopyrite

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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: 
3.2 × 2.2 × 2.1 cm
Description

Uncommon elongated, almost acicular crystals of arsenopyrite in a white calcite matrix. The silver-white colour and lustre are very intense, and are associated to minor golden coloured chalcopyrite.

Interesting specimen from the Kipushi mine with an uncommon habitus, that is rare in collections. Collected by Achiel Moors, 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

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