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Christite

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Description
Locality: 
Jiepaiyu Mine, Shimen, Shimen County, Changde, Hunan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.3 × 1.2 cm
Description

Dark red christite crystal (a very rare thallium mineral) in a matrix of orpiment and realgar from a new find in Shimen, China, a locality that was only previously known for orpiment and realgar crystals.

Specimen analyzed by SEM, a copy of the analysis will be sent to the buyer of the specimen upon request.

For more info see the recent excellent article in Mineral Up: 

Roth, P., Raber, T., Favreau, G. and Meisser, N. (2017): Thallium Sulfosalts from the Shimen As-Deposit, Hunan, China. Mineral Up 4(6): 8-22.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Christite

Formula: 
TlHgAsS3
Strunz: 
2.HD.15
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Carlin Gold mine, Elko, Lynn District, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA

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