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Balkanite from USA

2DU-UMPBalkanite Cu9Ag5HgS8

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Manhattan Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA

Dimensions: 25 mm x 20 mm x 20 mm

Lustrous black crystalline area of balkanite in dense matrix.
Purchased from Soenke Stolze in 2014.
Now in Marco Gabriel collection.
Copyright: © Andrew Hodgson      Photo ID: 997045     Uploaded by: Andrew Hodgson   Approval date: 2019-09-03   View Count: 291   Approval status: Public galleries    Type: Photo - 2310 x 2016 pixels (4.7 Mpix)

CT8-0WDBalkanite Cu9Ag5HgS8

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Manhattan Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA

Field of View: 1 mm

Metallic gray balkanite with cinnabar in a quartz, calcite matrix. Brent Thorne specimen and photograph.
Copyright: © Brent Thorne 2014      Photo ID: 606905     Uploaded by: Brent Thorne   Approval date: 2014-04-14   View Count: 845   Approval status: Public galleries    Type: Photo - 640 x 480 pixels (0.3 Mpix)

7Q8-MY5Balkanite Cu9Ag5HgS8

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Manhattan Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA

Non-descript masses of balkanite in quartz.
0.4 cm field of view. S044-31
Excalibur Mineral specimen.
Copyright: © 2008, JGW      Photo ID: 164582     Uploaded by: Jeff Weissman   Approval date: 2008-05-06   View Count: 1624   Approval status: Public galleries    Type: Photo - 357 x 422 pixels (0.2 Mpix)
 
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