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Hatchite & Hutchinsonite

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Description
Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1 × 0.7 cm
Description

Sharp hatchite crystal (a very rare thallium mineral) associated to deep red hutchinsonite crystals (also a thallium mineral) from the type and only known locality for hatchite worldwide.
Specimen from Dr.S.Conforti collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hatchite

Formula: 
AgTlPbAs2S5
Strunz: 
2.GC.05
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Lead-gray
Type Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland

Hutchinsonite

Formula: 
TlPbAs5S9
Strunz: 
2.HD.45
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland

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