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Rathite & Dufrénoysite

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Rathite & Dufrénoysite

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Description
Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.5 × 1.5 cm
Description

Outstanding sharp shiny silvery crystal of the very rare mineral rathite (a thallium mineral) from Lengenbach, the type and most important locality for the mineral, associated to dufrenoysite.

Analyzed specimen by SEM/EDS (Ref.HG 235)

Rare morphology for rathite !

Only three localities known worldwide.

Rathite is one of the most sought after rarities from Lengenbach !

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rathite

Formula: 
Pb8Pb4-x(Tl2As2)x(Ag2As2)As16S40
Strunz: 
2.HC.05d
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland

Dufrénoysite

Formula: 
Pb2As2S5
Strunz: 
2.HC.05d
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland

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