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Makovickyite

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Description
Locality: 
Western Ore Field, Scheelite Deposit, Felber Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 1 × 0.3 cm
Description

Grey metallic inclusions and sharp crystals in epoxy resin of the very rare Cu-Ag sulphosalt mineral makovickyite from the type locality in Austria.

Specimen analyzed by SEM/EDS by the former owner of the specimen (the Vandenbroucke Museum) but the analysis is no longer available.

One side is polished (photos 1 and 3) but other sides are not polished , so single sharp isolated crystals can be seen (photos 2 and 4)

 

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

No duplicates available.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Makovickyite

Formula: 
Cu1.12Ag0.81Pb0.27Bi5.35S9
Strunz: 
2.JA.05d
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5
Colour: 
Grey
Streak: 
Grey
Type Locality: 
Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor Co., Romania

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