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| Colour: | steel grey, yellowish | Hardness: | 2½ |
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| Name: | After German mineralogist, M.H. Klaproth (1743-1817). | ||
| A Mixture Of: | Emplectite, Wittichenite | ||
Classification of Klaprothite (of Petersen) | ||||
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Physical Properties of Klaprothite (of Petersen) | ||||
| Colour: | steel grey, yellowish | |||
| Streak: | black | |||
| Hardness (Mohs): | 2½ | |||
| Cleavage: | Perfect along (100) | |||
| Density (calculated): | 4.6 g/cm3 | |||
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| Health Warning: | No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care. | |||
References for Klaprothite (of Petersen) | ||||
| Reference List: | C.F. Naumann, F. Zirkel (1898): "Elemente der Mineralogie", 13th ed., Engelmann (Leipzig): 449. Palache, Charles, Harry Berman & Clifford Frondel (1944), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana Yale University 1837-1892, Volume I: Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts, Oxides. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York. 7th edition, revised and enlarged: 418-419. | |||
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