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Aikinite & Pyrite

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Aikinite & Pyrite

ex Americo Urbinati collection

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Description
Locality: 
Julcani Mine, Julcani, Angaraes Province, Huancavelica Department, Peru
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.1 × 3.6 × 2.6 cm
Description

metallic elongated crystals of aikinite on and with golden pyrite

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...

Pyrite

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