Mineral Specimens with Aikinite

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4MC5 - AIKINITE - SOLD
CUCOMONGO SPRINGS, ESMERALDA CO., NEVADA
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AIKINITE from CUCOMONGO SPRINGS, ESMERALDA CO., NEVADA [db_pics/pics/4mc5a.jpg]

Massive aikinite, embedded in matrix

MD-231688 - Aikinite - - Archived
Cucomungo Spring, Tule Canyon District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA
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2.9 x 1.8 x 1.1 cm. Aikinite is a relatively uncommon lead, copper, bismuth sulfosalt. This representative toenail is richly covered with metallic-bright, lead-gray, layered sheets of aikinite microcrystals and is from the much less common for the species Nevada locality of Cucomungo Spring in Esmeralda County. Ex. Carl Davis Collection.


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