Lorandite
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Lorandite
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- Availability
- Sold
- Size
- 3 x 5 x 3.5 cm - Miniature
- Formula
- TlAsS2 (RRUFF)
- Locality
- Allchar, Roszdan, Macedonia
- Tagged
- sulfide
Dark red crystal of Lorandite with perfect cleavage to 2mm in matrix. Associated with Realgar, Orpiment, and possibly some other rare Thallium minerals found at this unique As-Sb-Au-Tl epithermal deposit.
Comes with an old (1949-1956) label from Filer's, a long time mineral collector and dealer.
Type Locality
Lorandite
- Formula
- TlAsS2
- Crystal System
- Monoclinic
- Crystal Habit
- Tabular, Prismatic
- Cleavage
- Perfect, Distinct, None
- Luster
- Sub Metallic
- Color
- red, carmine red, blackish lead gray
- Streak
- red
- Class
- Monoclinic - Prismatic
- Fracture
- Flexible
- Hardness
- 2-2.5
Data courtesy of Webmineral.
- Collection
- Phillips Collection
- Special Info
- Type Locality
Filer's label
- Mineralpedia
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- On Dakota Matrix
- Previously Sold Lorandite
- On Dakota Matrix
- Other Available Lorandite
- WebMineral
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- Mindat
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