Chamosite, Kaolinite, Calcite, Pyrrhotite

Specimen ID: WH4-5ME

Mineral(s)
Chamosite : (Fe2+)5Al(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8
Kaolinite : Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Calcite : CaCO3
Pyrrhotite : Fe1-xS
Locality
Mindat locality:
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SEM micrograph (BSE mode) showing thin chamosite platelets (bright grey) embedded in a kaolinite-grup mineral (dark grey). On the left side there is some relic pyrrhotite (bright grey). The homogeneous grey phase is calcite. Polished section of a pyrrhotite-rich ore specimen from the well-known "erythrite locality". This material was described in: Rieck, B., Kolitsch, U., Voudouris, P., Giester, G., and Tzeferis, P. (2018) Weitere Neufunde aus Lavrion, Griechenland. Mineralien-Welt, 29(5), 32-77 (in German).
Uwe Kolitsch - 16th February 2019
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