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Getchellite & Carlinite

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Getchellite & Carlinite

David Burgess Collection
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Carlin Gold Mine, Elko, Lynn District, Eureka County, Nevada, United States of America
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1 × 1 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with a cluster of partial getchellite crystals on stibnite from this lesser known find of the mineral. The sample also apparently has tiny grains of carlinite in the matrix but to my knowledge this is not confirmed. The label mentions this sample is from the Twin Creeks Mine, but that may be an error. David Burgess collection. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Getchellite

Formula: 
AsSbS3
Strunz: 
2.FA.35
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Getchell Mine (North Pit; Center pit; South pit), Adam Peak, Potosi District, Osgood Mts, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA

Carlinite

Formula: 
Tl2S
Strunz: 
2.BD.25
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Colour: 
Grey
Type Locality: 
Carlin Gold mine, Elko, Lynn District, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA

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