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Seligmannite & Galena

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Seligmannite & Galena

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Description
Locality: 
Palomo Mine, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica Department, Peru
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
2.4 × 8.3 × 4.7 cm
Description

Dozens of small (less than a mm) seligmannite crystals are set on shiny black galena.

Some compound sphalerite crystals with a slight coating of chalcopyrite are present.

From the recent find and quite good!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Seligmannite

Formula: 
PbCuAsS3
Strunz: 
2.GA.50
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland

Galena

Formula: 
PbS
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Lead-grey
Streak: 
Lead-grey
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