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Galkhaite from
Getchell Mine, Adam Peak, Potosi District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA

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Getchell Mine, Adam Peak, Potosi District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA
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Description
Habit:Red cubes to 5mm, gray crystals to 1.2cm
Colour:Nearly black in reflected light; dark red in transmitted light
Quality of samples:Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
References
References:NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada; Jungles, G. (1974): Galkhaite: A newly described mineral from Siberia found at the Getchell mine, Nevada. Mineralogical Record 5: 290
Associated minerals:
Associates:Fluorite
Getchellite
Orpiment
Pyrite
Quartz
Realgar
Stibnite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Galkhaite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Getchell Mine, Adam Peak, Potosi District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA
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