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Alacránite & Uzonite

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Alacránite & Uzonite

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Description
Locality: 
Lăzăreşti, Harghita County, Romania
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 2.5 × 2.4 cm
Description

A very rich specimen of bright orange alacranite microcrystals and yellow platy uzonite on matrix.

RARE !

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Alacránite

Formula: 
As8S9
Strunz: 
2.FA.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
1.5
Type Locality: 
Alacrán Mine, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile

Uzonite

Formula: 
As4S5
Strunz: 
2.FA.25
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
1.5
Colour: 
Yellow
Streak: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Uzon Caldera, Kamchatka Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia...