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Binnite & Sartorite

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Binnite & Sartorite

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Description
Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 1 × 0.8 cm
Description

a wonderful binnite crystal on dolomite with elongated grey sartorite ; Lengenbach quarry is the type locality of both specie

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Binnite

Variety Of: 

Tennantite

Formula: 
Cu6[Cu4(Fe,Zn)2]As4S13
Strunz: 
2.GB.05
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.5

Sartorite

Formula: 
PbAs2S4
Strunz: 
2.HC.05a
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland