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Hatchite & Hutchinsonite

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Description
Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 1.2 × 1.1 cm
Description

Sharp hatchite crystals (a very rare thallium mineral, photos 1, 2 5) associated to deep red hutchinsonite crystals (also a thallium mineral, photos 3, 4) from the type and only known locality for hatchite worldwide.

Analyzed specimen by EDS, a copy will be sent to the buyer upon request.

After the analysis it seems that also hexahydrite could be present in the sample as an associated species. Hexahydrite is a very rare mineral in Lengenbach.

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

Hutchinsonite

Formula: 
TlPbAs5S9
Strunz: 
2.HD.45
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland

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