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Molybdenite & Pharmacosiderite

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Molybdenite & Pharmacosiderite

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Description
Locality: 
Maurers Mine, Kingsgate, Gough County, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 4.8 × 3.4 cm
Description

A 3.8cm metallic silver molybdenite crystals sits on a quartz matrix filled with cavities lined with pale transparent green pharmacosiderite crystals from the Kingsgate Mine in New South Wales

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Molybdenite

Formula: 
MoS2
Strunz: 
2.EA.30
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
1.0 - 1.5

Pharmacosiderite

Formula: 
KFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O
Strunz: 
8.DK.10
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Carharrack Mine, St Day United Mines (Poldice Mines), Gwennap, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK
Earthstones Australia

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