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Emplectite

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Emplectite

ex Walter Hajek, found in 2009
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Vater Abraham Mine, Oberscheibe, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.8 × 7.4 × 4.4 cm
Weight: 
421.00gr
Description

Nice specimen with few gray metalic sprays of emplectite crystals. Some are overgrown with an unknown green secondary mineral.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Emplectite

Formula: 
CuBiS2
Strunz: 
2.HA.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic Prismatic crystlas
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Tannenbaum Mine, Antonsthal, Breitenbrunn District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany