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Rayite

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Description
Locality: 
Dariba Mine, Udaipur District, Udaipur Division, Rajasthan, India
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.9 × 0.9 × 0.7 cm
Description

Metallic silvery crystals of the extremely rare thallium mineral rayite from the type locality in India. Some crystal faces can be seen in photo 1.

Rich specimen in rayite.

One of the most sought after thallium sulphosalts !

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rayite

Formula: 
Pb8(Ag,Tl)2Sb8S21
Strunz: 
2.HC.10d
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Lead-gray
Streak: 
Lead-gray
Type Locality: 
Dariba Mine, Rajpura-Dariba deposit, Udaipur District, Udaipur Division, Rajasthan (Rajputana), India

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