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Greenockite & Hawleyite

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Greenockite & Hawleyite

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Description
Locality: 
Siglo Veinte Mine, Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo, Potosi Department, Bolivia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 5 × 1.5 cm
Description

Rich coverage of red sharp microcrystals of greenockite with earthy orange-yellow hawleyite on sulfide ore matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Greenockite

Formula: 
CdS
Strunz: 
2.CB.45
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Bishopton tunnel, Bishopton, Strathclyde (Renfrewshire), Scotland, UK

Hawleyite

Formula: 
CdS
Strunz: 
2.CB.05a
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Hector-Calumet mine (Calumet mine - Hector mine), Calumet, Galena Hill, Mayo Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada

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