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Hauchecornite & Bismuthinite & Millerite & Ullmannite

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Hauchecornite & Bismuthinite & Millerite & Ullmannite

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Description
Locality: 
Friedrich Mine, Schönstein, Wissen, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 1 × 0.8 cm
Description

Silvery crystals of a mixture of hauchecornite & bismuthinite & millerite & ullmanite (labeled as kallilite in the plastic box) from Germany.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hauchecornite

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

Bismuthinite

Formula: 
Bi2S3
Strunz: 
2.DB.05
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Streak: 
Lead-gray

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

Ullmannite

Formula: 
NiSbS
Strunz: 
2.EB.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Type Locality: 
Storch und Schöneberg Mine, Gosenbach, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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