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Aikinite Chalcopyrite Sphalerite

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Aikinite Chalcopyrite Sphalerite

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Description
Locality: 
Julcani Mine, Julcani, Angaraes Province, Huancavelica Department, Peru
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 3.7 × 2.1 cm
Description

A very rich specimen of shiny black acicular aikinite crystals associated with several sulphides as chalcopyrite, sphalerite and tetrahedrite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Aikinite

Formula: 
PbCuBiS3
Strunz: 
2.HB.05a
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Berezovskoe Au Deposit (Berezovsk Mines), Berezovskii (Berezovskii Zavod), Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

Chalcopyrite

Formula: 
CuFeS2
Strunz: 
2.CB.10a
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Sphalerite

Formula: 
ZnS
Strunz: 
2.CB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
schani

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