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Steropesite & Bismuthinite

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Steropesite & Bismuthinite

Type Locality
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
La Fossa Crater, Vulcano Island, Messina Province, Sicily, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2.5 × 2.5 cm
Description

A really rich sample, full of yellow crystals of steropesite an exceptionally rare mineral, exclusive of the La Fossa crater, its outstanding, type locality. The steropesite is one of the very few halides containing thallium and is here together with crystals of bismuthinite. The sample was analyzed by one of the authors.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Steropesite

Formula: 
Tl3BiCl6
Strunz: 
3.CK.05
Hardness: 
0.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
La Fossa crater, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italy

Bismuthinite

Formula: 
Bi2S3
Strunz: 
2.DB.05
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Streak: 
Lead-gray

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