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Marrite Lengenbachite & Wurtzite

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Marrite Lengenbachite & Wurtzite

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Description
Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1.8 × 1.9 cm
Description

a rich specimen featuring some lustrous marrite crystals with some tufts of blakc lengenbchite and several exagonal, bronze wurtzite crystals: some pyrite crystals are present too

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Marrite

Formula: 
AgPbAsS3
Strunz: 
2.JB.15
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland

Lengenbachite

Formula: 
Ag4Cu2Pb18As12S39·
Strunz: 
2.HF.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland

Wurtzite

Formula: 
(Zn,Fe)S
Strunz: 
2.CB.45
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
Brown
Type Locality: 
San José Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia