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Arsenopyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Leadville, Bligh County, New South Wales, Australia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 3.7 × 2 cm
Description

Aggregate of well-defined and perfectly preserved arsenopyrite crystals with good lustre and nice striations. The matrix are some white masses covered by green and red unidentified microcrystals. The locality is extremely rare, cause not many pieces from those mines at Leadville (Australia) have reach the international market.

Acquired by Roger Gnat in 1984 from Brian and Janet Head from New South Wales (Australia). Ex. Roger Gnat collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Arsenopyrite

Formula: 
FeAsS
Strunz: 
2.EB.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0

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