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Sorbyite

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Description
Locality: 
Candelaria District, Mineral County, Nevada, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 1 × 0.5 cm
Description

Silvery acicular metallic crystals of the very rare sulphosalt sorbyite from a locality in Nevada.

Only 5 localities known worrlwide !

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

No duplicates available

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sorbyite

Formula: 
CuPb9(Sb,As)11S26
Strunz: 
2.LB.30
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Colour: 
Lead gray
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Taylor Pit, Huntingdon Township, Madoc area, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada

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