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Penzhinite

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Description
Locality: 
Sergeevskoye, Penzhina River, Penzhina Bay, Kamchatka Krai, Russian Federation
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.6 × 0.2 × 0.1 cm
Description

Metallic inclusions of the extremely rare Au-Se mineral penzhinite in a matrix of chalcopyrite from the type locality in Penzhinia river, Kamchatka. A only one locality mineral species !

Probably analyzed by the former owner of the specimen (the Vandenbroucke Museum) because one side of the specimen is polished, but the analysis is no longer available.     

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Penzhinite

Formula: 
(Ag,Cu)4Au(S,Se)4
Strunz: 
2.BA.75
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Sergeevskoye Au-Ag occurrence, Penzhina River, Penzhina Bay, Kamchatka Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia...

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