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Axinite-(Mn) & Chalcocite

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Axinite-(Mn) & Chalcocite

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Description
Locality: 
Gambatesa Mine, Reppia, Genova, Liguria, Italy
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 9.2 × 5.7 cm
Description

Beatiful piece coming from Gambatesa Mine with a lot of yellow-green crystals of manganaxinite associated with some black chalcocite crystals and chrysocolla

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Axinite-(Mn)

Formula: 
Ca2Mn2+Al2BSi4O15(OH)
Strunz: 
9.BD.20
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany

Chalcocite

Formula: 
Cu2S
Strunz: 
2.BA.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

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