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Dufrénoysite & Pyrite

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Dufrénoysite & Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.4 × 1.5 × 1.1 cm
Description

several tuftf of metallic dufrenoysite on golden pyrite; very rich indeed

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Dufrénoysite

Formula: 
Pb2As2S5
Strunz: 
2.HC.05d
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland

Pyrite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5