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Berthierite & Arsenopyrite

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Berthierite & Arsenopyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Hogget Beck, Hartsop, Patterdale, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 7 × 5 cm
Weight: 
250.00gr
Description

Quite a rare locality example of matrix with inclusions of small grey/metallic blue berthierite crystals and grey arsenopyrite crystals. Coating of possible yellow botryoidal valentinite also present.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Berthierite

Formula: 
FeSb2S4
Strunz: 
2.HA.20
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Chazelles-Haut (Chazelle), Mercoeur, Haute-Loire, Auvergne, France

Arsenopyrite

Formula: 
FeAsS
Strunz: 
2.EB.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0

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