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Vrbaite & Christite

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Vrbaite & Christite

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Description
Locality: 
Jiepaiyu Mine, Shimen, Shimen County, Changde, Hunan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 4.2 × 2.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.08cm
Description

A rich specimen from the sensational new find of thallium sulfosalts at the Shimen arsenic deposit. Here, vrbaite forms spectacular groups and chains of sharp, doubly terminated, deep red crystals on realgar, carefully washed out from embedding calcite.

As a bonus, an excellent group of tabular, millimetric deep deep red christite crystals shows up in a corner. Both minerals attain their world's best at this locality. Minor metallic blades of jankovicite scattered here and there.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Vrbaite

Formula: 
Tl4Hg3Sb2As8S20
Strunz: 
2.HF.20
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Allchar (Alsar; Alshar), Roszdan, Republic of Macedonia

Christite

Formula: 
TlHgAsS3
Strunz: 
2.HD.15
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Carlin Gold mine, Elko, Lynn District, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA

Seller Information

Payment options: offline, paypal_wpp, paypal_wps

Seller's terms and conditions

We offer rare minerals to systematic collectors worldwide, doing our best to ensure accurate identification and provide adequate information and pictures.

Through extensive field search and contacts with trusted sources, we manage to provide the best in newly found species and classic type-locality minerals. Should your item prove to be different we offer an immediate refund of purchase.

Items may be returned within 15 days of receipt, please note that return costs are at customer's expense. We will issue refund as soon as we receive the item in unaltered condition.

Preferred payment is via Paypal, please follow instructions at ceckout and make payment to: [email protected] . If you don't have a Paypal account you can as well pay with your credit card following instructions for non-Paypal users.

Alternatively we accept bank transfer to: Roberto Bracco - bank: Intesa Sanpaolo - via Paleocapa 134/R - 17100 Savona, Italy.

IBAN code: IT79P0306910600100000067863 SWIFT code: BCITITMM

Cash and checks not accepted.

To contact us and ask questions about items on sale, please e-mail to: [email protected]  - phone: +39.3381058295. Returned items should be sent to: Roberto Bracco, piazza Monticello 12/2, 17100 Savona, Italy