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Gortdrumite

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Description
Locality: 
Landsberg, Obermoschel, Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.9 × 0.8 × 0.6 cm
Description

Outstanding acicular metallic crystals of the very rare mercury mineral gortdrumite associated to red cinnabar from the famous Moschellandsberg mine and only one of four known localities worldwide.

Analyzed specimen by REM/EDS , see copy enclosed.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gortdrumite

Formula: 
(Cu,Fe)6Hg2S5
Strunz: 
2.BD.10
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Gortdrum Mine, Monard, Co. Tipperary, Ireland
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Gortdrumite

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