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Laitakarite Var Platynite

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Laitakarite Var Platynite

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Description
Locality: 
Falun Mine, Falun, Dalarna County, Sweden
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 2.8 × 2.2 cm
Description

Platynite, a mixture of galena and laitakarite in matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Laitakarite

Formula: 
Bi4Se2S
Strunz: 
2.DC.05
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Orijärvi, Kisko, Salo, Southwestern Finland Region, Finland

Platynite

Mixture Of: 

Galena

Formula: 
PbS
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Hardness: 
2.5

Laitakarite

Formula: 
Bi4Se2S
Strunz: 
2.DC.05
Hardness: 
2.0