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Quadratite & Smithite

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Quadratite & Smithite

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Description
Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.5 × 1.5 cm
Description

Very small but well formed crystal of the extremely rare quadratite associated to abundant jordanite, minoritary smithite (this last one shown in the fourth photo) and dravite (third photo).
Quadratite is one of the rarest minerals from Lengenbach: the number of confirmed quadratite specimens is only 204 ! (from the book Faszination Lengenbach, 2008). Type and only locality worldwide. Find 2009.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quadratite

Formula: 
Ag(Cd,Pb)AsS3
Strunz: 
2.GC.25
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland

Smithite

Formula: 
AgAsS2
Strunz: 
2.GC.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic Tabular crystals.
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland

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