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Kirkiite

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Description
Locality: 
Agios Philippos Mine, Kirki, Evros, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.1 × 0.7 cm
Description

Grey metallic crystals of the very rare mineral kirkiite, a Pb-Bi sulphosalt from the type locality in Kirki, the same place which produces nice wurtzite crystals. 

Kirkiite is found in only three localities worldwide and is usually massive, however this sample has a few crystal aggregates.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kirkiite

Formula: 
Pb10Bi3As3S19
Strunz: 
2.JB.30b
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Agios Philippos Mine (St Philippos Mine; Agios Philippos Pb-Zn deposit; Kirki Mine; Kirka Mine), Kirki Mines (Kirka), Évros Prefecture, Thraki Department (Thrace; Thracia), Greece

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