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Vaughanite

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Description
Locality: 
Hemlo Gold Deposit, Hemlo, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 1 × 0.7 cm
Description

At least three (and probably more) black crystal aggregates (marked with arrows) of the extremely rare thallium-mercury sulphosalt vaughanite from the TL in Hemlo gold deposit in a specimen that was probably analyzed by the former owner, the Vandenbroucke Museum, but the analysis is no longer available. One side of the specimen is polished, because of the analysis

Only one locality worldwide !

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

No duplicates available

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Vaughanite

Formula: 
TlHgSb4S7
Strunz: 
2.LA.20
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Golden Giant Mine, Hemlo gold deposit, Bomby Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada

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