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Christite

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Description
Locality: 
Carlin Gold Mine, Elko, Lynn District, Eureka County, Nevada, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1.5 × 1.5 cm
Description

Dark red crystals of the extremely rare Tl-Hg mineral christite from the type locality in Nevada associated to yellow orpiment.

Christites from TL are very rarely seen in the systematic mineral market since all the specimens are from the new locality Jiepayu

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Christite

Formula: 
TlHgAsS3
Strunz: 
2.HD.15
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Carlin Gold mine, Elko, Lynn District, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA

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