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Chalcostibite from
Rhar el Anz, Cherrat Wadi, Casablanca Prefecture, Casablanca-Settat Region, Morocco
| Locality type: | Occurrence | |
| Classification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Species: | Chalcostibite | |
| Formula: | CuSbS2 | |
| Comments: | The chalcostibite is pseudomorphing to azurite. The distinctive blue and black is unique. These chalcostibites are superior to the recent French ones tauted as world's finest. | |
| Habit: | Long prisms to 15cm | |
| Colour: | grey black | |
| Luminescent properties: | none | |
| Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) | |
| Confirmation | ||
| Validity: | Believed Valid | |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: | ||
| Azurite | 91 | |
| Malachite | 59 | |
| Quartz | 3 | |
| Calcite | 2 | |
| RomÃĐite Group | 1 | |
| Data | ||
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Chalcostibite data | |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Rhar el Anz, Cherrat Wadi, Casablanca Prefecture, Casablanca-Settat Region, Morocco | |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (53 photos) | |
| Data Identifiers | ||
| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 3498 | |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:3498:2 | |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 | |
| References | ||
Rhar el Anz, Cherrat Wadi, Casablanca Prefecture, Casablanca-Settat Region, Morocco