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Giessenite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Otome Mine, Kofu City, Kimpuzan District, Yamanashi Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.1 × 0.1 × 0.1 cm
Description

Outstanding single metallic crystal of the very rare sulphosalt mineral giessenite from Japan.

Giessenite has its type locality in Giessen, mineral locality very close to the famous Lengenbach deposit.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Giessenite

Formula: 
Pb27Cu2(Bi,Sb)19S57
Strunz: 
2.HB.10b
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Turtschi, Giessen, Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland

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