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Lillianite & Chalcophanite

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Lillianite & Chalcophanite

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Description
Locality: 
Castello Mountain, Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 4 × 2.5 cm
Description

Sparkling metallic groups of chalcophanite crystals and prismatic steel-gray crystals of lillianite.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lillianite

Formula: 
Pb3-2xAgxBi2+xS6
Strunz: 
2.JB.40a
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Lillian Mines, Printer Boy Hill, Leadville, Leadville District, Lake Co., Colorado, USA

Chalcophanite

Formula: 
(Zn,Fe,Mn)Mn3O7·3H2O
Strunz: 
4.FL.20
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Passaic pit (Marshall Mine; Passaic Mine), Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

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