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Millerite

With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Bautenberg Mine, Wilden, Wilnsdorf, Arnsberg, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.3 × 4 × 2.8 cm
Description

Beautiful golden needles of millerite on matrix from a very old collection with nice old label.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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