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Safflorite & Emplectite

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Safflorite & Emplectite

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Description
Locality: 
Daniel Mine, Gallenbach Valley, Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 3 × 1.6 cm
Description

A mix of gray safflorite and metallic emplectite in matrix with minor blueish-green tyrolite and green malachite. No idea what the yellow mineral might be.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Safflorite

Formula: 
(Co,Ni,Fe)As2
Strunz: 
2.EB.15a
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Daniel Mine (St. Daniel Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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

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