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Eugenite & Luanheite

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Eugenite & Luanheite

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Description
Locality: 
Los Bordos Mine, Elisa de Bordos, Tierra Amarilla, Atacama Region, Chile
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 4 × 5 cm
Description

Metallic leaves of eugenite and luanheite on matrix. This piece was collected 15 years ago. The place from which this is extracted is collapsed.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

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

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