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Anilite

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Description
Locality: 
Painesdale, Houghton County, Michigan, United States of America
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2 × 1.5 cm
Description

Metallic blue-grey anilite is throughout a matrix of quartz with minor malachite staining.

This anilite exhibits a good cleavage which is contrary to the species description. However, it has been XRD'd twice by George Robinson of the Seaman Museum and it is definitely anilite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Anilite

Formula: 
Cu7S4
Strunz: 
2.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Ani Mine, Kaya Kusa, Akita Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan

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