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Sperrylite & Violarite

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Sperrylite & Violarite

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Description
Locality: 
Vermilion Mine, Denison Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.10cm
Description

A 1.0 mm crystal of sperrylite is exposed in coarse-grained violarite. Chalcopyrite is associated with these two type locality minerals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sperrylite

Formula: 
PtAs2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 7.0
Colour: 
Tin-white
Type Locality: 
Vermilion Mine, Denison Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada

Violarite

Formula: 
Fe2+Ni3+2S4
Strunz: 
2.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.5
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Vermilion Mine, Denison Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada

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