Willyamite (rare - Type Locality area) American Museum Coll.

Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Thumbnail, 1.4 x 1.4 x 0.6 cm
Start Time: 08/02/2013 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 08/08/2013 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

Willyamite is a rare member of the Cobaltite Group of sulfosalts and the famous Broken Hill deposit is the Type Locality area (Consols Mine). Specimens are extremely rare, WORLDWIDE! This is a solid, very large, lustrous metallic crystal of this rare Co-Ni-Sb sulfide. A crystal of this size is a real rarity. Old-time material from the American Museum Collection. Value??? A must for the locality or species collector.

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