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Betekhtinite

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Betekhtinite

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Description
Locality: 
Cuchillo Negro Creek, Sierra County, New Mexico, United States of America
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.7 × 1.4 cm
Description

Betekhtinite with other sulfides in matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Betekhtinite

Formula: 
(Cu,Fe)21Pb2S15
Strunz: 
2.BE.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Colour: 
Black
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Ernst Thälmann Shaft (Vitzthum Shaft), Hübitz, Siersleben, Mansfeld Basin, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany