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Kiddcreekite Hessite & Altaite

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Kiddcreekite Hessite & Altaite

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Description
Locality: 
Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, United States of America
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.6 × 0.6 × 0.6 cm
Description

Grey metallic kiddcreekite and bright metallic cleavages of hessite and altaite, analysed.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kiddcreekite

Formula: 
Cu6SnWS8
Strunz: 
2.CB.35a
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Kidd Creek mine, Kidd Township, Timmins area, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada

Hessite

Formula: 
Ag2Te
Strunz: 
2.BA.60
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Streak: 
black
Type Locality: 
Koz'modem'yanskii shaft, Second Zavodinskii Mine (Second Sawodinsk Mine), Zyryanovsk Rayon, Altai Mts (Rudnyi Altai), Eastern Kazakhstan Province (Shyghys Qazaqstan Oblysy; Vostochno-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast'), Kazakhstan...

Altaite

Formula: 
PbTe
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Second Zavodinskii Mine (Second Sawodinsk Mine), Zyryanovsk Rayon, Altai Mts (Rudnyi Altai), Eastern Kazakhstan Province (Shyghys Qazaqstan Oblysy; Vostochno-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast'), Kazakhstan...