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Arsenopyrite Var Danaite

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Arsenopyrite Var Danaite

Ex Dr. Krantz, Bonn, Germany
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Sulitjelma Mines, Fauske, Nordland, Norway
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 0.8 × 0.7 cm
Weight: 
4.30gr
Description

Danaite is a Co-bearing variety of arsenopyrite, originally described from Franconia, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA. Named after James Freeman Dana, a well-known chemist and mineralogist, instructor at Harvard University.

Here is a nice single crystal from classic Sulitjelma Mines, Fauske, Nordland, Norway. Mining begun in the year of 1886 and the mines closed finally in 1991.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Arsenopyrite

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

Danaite

Variety Of: 

Arsenopyrite

Formula: 
FeAsS
Strunz: 
2.EB.20
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Formula: 
(Fe0.90Co0.10)AsS - (Fe0.65Co0.35)AsS
Hardness: 
0.0

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Germany (trackable & insured, up to 5 kg)
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EU countries (trackable, up to 2 kg)
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Switzerland and UK (trackable, up to 2 kg)
18
Rest of World (trackable, up to 2 kg)
22.50

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