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Millerite

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Description
Locality: 
Pafuri, Mabilikewe Hill, Vhembe District, Limpopo Province, South Africa
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 4.9 × 3.9 cm
Description

A really cool specimen of the uncommon and sought after nickel sulfide millerite on matrix from the obscure locality, the Pafuri Nickel Deposit. It features some large sprays of bonze-coloured needle-like crystals. They are accompanied by amorphous gaspeite. A super specimen and in any case a gem of millerite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Millerite

Formula: 
NiS
Strunz: 
2.CC.20
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic
Wendel Minerals

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