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Valleriite

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Valleriite

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Description
Locality: 
Palabora Mine, Loolekop, Phalaborwa, Limpopo Province, South Africa
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 2.7 × 2 cm
Description

Dark bronze coloured massive valleriite without matrix.
A good example of this uncommon sulfide.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Valleriite

Formula: 
(Fe2+,Cu)4(Mg,Al)3S4(OH,O)6
Strunz: 
2.FD.30
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
1.0 - 1.5
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Aurora Mine, Kaveltorp Mines, Kopparberg, Ljusnarsberg, Västmanland, Sweden
Cartils Minerals

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