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Millerite

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Description
Locality: 
Eugenia Mine, Bellmunt del Priorat, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.1 × 4.1 × 2.1 cm
Description

Superb specimen of acicular millerite crystals, very bright and very aerial. There are several divergent radial groups, this is quite solid millerite. The mine is now non active and few samples are recovered.

Mineral Data
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Millerite

Formula: 
NiS
Strunz: 
2.CC.20
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic
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