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Sinnerite

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Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.4 × 0.2 × 0.2 cm
Description

Well formed bronze colored crystal of the extremely rare sinnerite associated to realgar. Sinnerite is only found in two localities worldwide and Lengenbach is the type locality. Find of 07/1999. The number of confirmed sinnerite specimens from Lengenbach was only 19 until 2002 and this number later grew to only 32 (!) in 2008, so it is a real rarity !!. (Faszination Lengenbach book, 2008).

Mineral Data
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Sinnerite

Formula: 
Cu6As4S9
Strunz: 
2.GC.10
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland

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