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Perroudite & Capgaronnite In Kaolinite

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Perroudite & Capgaronnite In Kaolinite

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Description
Locality: 
Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 1.2 × 1.2 cm
Description

Perroudite and capgaronnite in massive kaolinite from the Proprietary Mine. Perroudite is a complex mercury silver sulphide halide and was recorded simultaneously from Broken Hill, Western Australia and France. Capgaronnite occurs in this specimen as black crystalline masses underlaying the red perroudite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Perroudite

Formula: 
Hg5Ag4S5(I,Br)2Cl2
Strunz: 
2.FC.20c
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Cap Garonne Mine, Le Pradet, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France...

Capgaronnite

Formula: 
HgAgS(Cl,Br,I)
Strunz: 
2.FC.20a
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Cap Garonne Mine, Le Pradet, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France...

Kaolinite

Formula: 
Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Strunz: 
9.ED.05
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Gaoling Mine (Kauling Mine), Gaoling village, Ehu town, Fuliang Co., Jingdezhen Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, China
Earthstones Australia

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