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Marrite

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Description
Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 3 × 2.3 cm
Description

Extremely rare well formed dull marrite crystals (a silver lead sulphosalt) associated to plento of shiny jordanite crystals, from the only known locality for marrite worldwide. Find of 2009.

Marrite is one of the rarest Lengenbach minerals.

Mineral Data
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Marrite

Formula: 
AgPbAsS3
Strunz: 
2.JB.15
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland

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