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Luanheite & Eugenite

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Luanheite & Eugenite

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Description
Locality: 
Los Bordos Mine, Elisa de Bordos, Tierra Amarilla, Atacama Region, Chile
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.3 × 6.4 × 3.7 cm
Description

Metallic sheet of luanheite on matrix with minor eugenite . The mine was mined more than 150 years, between 1860 and 1909. This is one of the good examples that I keep because in 1998, the entrance to the mine collapse. Impresses be a single large sheet of luanheite, which exceeds the size of the matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Luanheite

Formula: 
Ag3Hg
Strunz: 
1.AD.15b
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
Luanheite occurrence, Luan River valley (Luanhe valley), Chengde Prefecture, Hebei Province, China

Eugenite

Formula: 
Ag11Hg2
Strunz: 
1.AD.15c
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Sieroszowice Mine, Polkowice District, Legnica, Lower Silesia (Dolnośląskie), Poland

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