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Hauchecornite & Millerite

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Hauchecornite & Millerite

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Description
Locality: 
Friedrich Mine, Schönstein, Wissen, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 0.6 × 0.4 cm
Description

Outstanding sharp crystals of the very rare mineral hauchecornite from the type locality, associated to golden metallic prismatic millerite.

Crystals of this quality are rarely seen in the mineral market !

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hauchecornite

Formula: 
Ni9Bi(Sb,Bi)S8
Strunz: 
2.BB.10
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Friedrich Mine, Schönstein (Steckenstein), Wissen, Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Millerite

Formula: 
NiS
Strunz: 
2.CC.20
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

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