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Trechmannite Realgar & Pyrite

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Trechmannite Realgar & Pyrite

Type Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 0.5 × 0.4 cm
Description

a wonderful dark red trechmannite crystal on red realgar, another tiny one on dolomite  and golden pyrite crystals 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Trechmannite

Formula: 
AgAsS2
Strunz: 
2.GC.35
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland

Realgar

Formula: 
As4S4
Strunz: 
2.FA.15a
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0

Pyrite

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