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Larosite

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Description
Locality: 
Foster Mine, Coleman Township, Cobalt, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 0.7 × 0.4 cm
Description

Metallic microinclusions of the extremely rare Ag mineral larosite from the type locality in Foster mine , Canada in a matrix of chalcosine, in an analyzed specimen by SEM/EDS by the former owner of the specimen (the Vandenbroucke Museum) but the analysis is no longer available. Two sides of the specimen are polished because of the analysis.

Only 5 localities known worldwide.

Don't miss the opportunity to get this very rare mineral almost never seen in the mineral market.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Larosite

Formula: 
(Cu,Ag)21(Pb,Bi)2S13
Strunz: 
2.LB.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Foster Mine, Coleman Township, Cobalt area, Cobalt-Gowganda region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada

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