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Alacránite

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Alacránite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Lăzăreşti, Harghita County, Romania
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2.1 × 1.3 cm
Description

Rare arsenic sulfide mineral alacránite forms orange acicular crystals in subparalel groups. Some red realgar is also present on the specimen. The locality itself is an inactive fumarole, located on the North slope of the Ciomadu volcanic group, the last active volcano of the Carphatians.

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Alacránite

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

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