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Caswellsilverite

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Caswellsilverite

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Description
Locality: 
Norton County Meteorite, Norton County, Kansas, United States of America
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.6 × 0.4 × 0.2 cm
Description

Grey metallic inclusions of the extremely rare Na-Cr sulphide mineral caswellsilverite in a polished meteorite that was probably analyzed by the former owner of the specimen (the Vandenbroucke Museum) but the analysis is no longer available, from the the type locality in Norton county, Arkansas.

Only 6 localities known for this mineral species.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Caswellsilverite

Formula: 
NaCrS2
Strunz: 
2.FB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Norton County meteorite, Norton Co., Kansas, USA

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