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Baumhauerite & Jordanite

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Baumhauerite & Jordanite

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Description
Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 3.5 × 3 cm
Description

Sharp metallic baumhauerite crystal associated to two small blackish crystals of jordanite on the baumhauerite (photo 5) and minoritary pyrite. Baumhauerite is one of the most typical sulphosalts from the locality and it should be present in every Lengenbach collection ! Very nice under the microscope ! 

Official Catalog Number L-05-1890 from a 2005 find with label included from the FGL (Forschungsgemeinschaft Lengenbach) (see photo).

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baumhauerite

Formula: 
Pb12As16S36
Strunz: 
2.HC.05b
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland

Jordanite

Formula: 
Pb14(As,Sb)6S23
Strunz: 
2.JB.30a
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland
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