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Millerite & Hauchecornite

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Millerite & Hauchecornite

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Description
Locality: 
Friedrich Mine, Schönstein, Wissen, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 4 × 2 cm
Description

A fine example of golden Millerite and metallic-grey fragments of Hauchecornite from Friedrich Mine.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Hauchecornite

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