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Kiddcreekite

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Description
Locality: 
Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1.4 × 1 cm
Description

Black microinclusions of the extremely rare tungsten mineral kiddcreekite from the famous Bisbee mine in Arizona, in a matrix of pyrite.

Kiddcreekite is almost never seen in the mineral market, much more in specimens different from polished sections. 

Bisbee is the cotype locality for kiddcreekite.

Analyzed specimen by SEM/EDS  see copy of the analysis enclosed

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kiddcreekite

Formula: 
Cu6SnWS8
Strunz: 
2.CB.35a
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Kidd Creek mine, Kidd Township, Timmins area, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada

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