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Routhierite & Pierrotite

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Routhierite & Pierrotite

ex Americo Urbinati collection
Type Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Jas Roux, La Chapelle-en-Valgaudemar, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.1 × 0.5 × 0.5 cm
Description

two thumb nails containing red masses of routhierite and black lustrous pierrotite; Jas Roux is the type locality of both species

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Routhierite

Formula: 
Tl(Cu,Ag)(Hg,Zn)2(As,Sb)2S6
Strunz: 
2.GA.40
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Jas Roux, La Chapelle-en-Valgaudemar (La Chapelle-en-Valgaudémar), Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France...

Pierrotite

Formula: 
Tl2Sb6As4S16
Strunz: 
2.HC.05f
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
Red-brown
Type Locality: 
Jas Roux, La Chapelle-en-Valgaudemar (La Chapelle-en-Valgaudémar), Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France...