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Hauchecornite & Millerite

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Hauchecornite & Millerite

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Description
Locality: 
Friedrich Mine, Schönstein, Wissen, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 1.1 × 0.6 cm
Description

Grey metallic hauchecornite masses in matrix and beautiful thick millerite on top. 

Old sample from the famous one time find of hauchecornite at this mine. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hauchecornite

Formula: 
Ni9Bi(Sb,Bi)S8
Strunz: 
2.BB.10
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Friedrich Mine, Schönstein (Steckenstein), Wissen, Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Millerite

Formula: 
NiS
Strunz: 
2.CC.20
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic