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Mohawkite
Mohawkite is a rare rock consisting of mixtures of arsenic, silver, nickel, skutterudite and copper, with the formula Cu 3 As up to Cu 6 As, and the most desirable material was usually found in a white quartz matrix. It has a hardness of 3–3.5 and a metallic luster. It is named after the Mohawk Mine, where it was originally found. Colors range from brassy-yellow to metallic gray, and sometimes will have a blue or greenish surface tarnish. These colors come from its two main ingredients, the arsenic-rich copper minerals algodonite and domeykite. Its color may resemble pyrrhotite, but unlike pyrrhotite, mohawkite is not magnetic.
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Mohawkite is a rare rock consisting of mixtures of arsenic, silver, nickel, skutterudite and copper, with the formula Cu 3 As up to Cu 6 As, and the most desirable material was usually found in a white quartz matrix. It has a hardness of 3–3.5 and a metallic luster. It is named after the Mohawk Mine, where it was originally found. Colors range from brassy-yellow to metallic gray, and sometimes will have a blue or greenish surface tarnish. These colors come from its two main ingredients, the arsenic-rich copper minerals algodonite and domeykite. Its color may resemble pyrrhotite, but unlike pyrrhotite, mohawkite is not magnetic.
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