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Gersdorffite & Nickeline

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Gersdorffite & Nickeline

With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Cerro Grande Mine, Cerro Grande, Arque Province, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2 × 1 cm
Description

A classic gersdorffite and nickeline specimen from Bolivia. Comes with an antique label.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gersdorffite

Formula: 
NiAsS
Strunz: 
2.EB.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.5
Type Locality: 
Zinkwand, Obertalbach valley, Schladminger Tauern, Schladming, Styria, Austria

Nickeline

Formula: 
NiAs
Strunz: 
2.CC.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5