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Felbertalite & Galenobismutite

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Felbertalite & Galenobismutite

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Description
Locality: 
Felber Valley, Mittersill, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 1.9 × 1.3 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with metallic crystals and grains of felbertalite and galenobismutite in matrix with several other unidentified sulphosalts present. Analyzed sample but I am not clear which mineral is which. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Felbertalite

Formula: 
Cu2Pb6Bi8S19
Strunz: 
2.JB.25b
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Western ore field, Scheelite deposit, Felben valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria

Galenobismutite

Formula: 
PbBi2S4
Strunz: 
2.JC.25e
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Kogruvan, Nordmark (Nordmarksberg), Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden

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