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Alabandite

Ex Jose Rees & Australian Lapidary Supples

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Description
Locality: 
Zinc Corporation Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 6.4 × 4.8 cm
Description

A fine alabandite specimen displaying aborescent sprays of crystals from a massive base. Found at Broken Hill in the early 1960's it has remain elusive since that initial discovery and considered a rare mineral from Broken Hill 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Alabandite

Formula: 
MnS
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Sacarîmb (Sãcãrâmb; Szekerembe; Nagyág), Deva, Hunedoara Co., Romania
Earthstones Australia

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