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Kësterite

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu County, Mianyang, Sichuan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 0.7 × 0.6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Description

Nice single crystal of the rare mineral kesterite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kësterite

Formula: 
Cu2(Zn,Fe)SnS4
Strunz: 
2.CB.15a
Hardness: 
4.5
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Këster Deposit (Kester Deposit), Arga-Ynnakh-Khaya granite Massif, Yana-Adycha Region, Yana River Basin, Verkhoyansk, Sakha Republic (Saha Republic; Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia