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Alabandite

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Alabandite

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Description
Locality: 
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 4 × 3.9 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Description

An excellent alabandite specimen from Peru with a rich coverage of dark grey, well-formed, modified octahedral crystals up to 1 cm on matrix, associated with some rhodochrosite.
From my own collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Alabandite

Formula: 
MnS
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Sacarîmb (Sãcãrâmb; Szekerembe; Nagyág), Deva, Hunedoara Co., Romania
Cartils Minerals

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