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Hatchite & Wallisite

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Description
Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3.5 × 3 cm
Description

Exceptionally well formed hatchite-wallisite crystals (two very rare thallium minerals) from the type and only locality for the mineral worldwide. Associated mineral is pararealgar and pyrite.

Find of 1988 with Official Code Number L-20641 label from the FGL (Forschungsgemeinschaft Lengenbach) that will be sent to the buyer (see photo).

 

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

Wallisite

Formula: 
(Cu,Ag)TlPbAs2S5
Strunz: 
2.GC.05
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Lead-gray
Type Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland

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