Meneghinite

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In the orthorhombic crystal system, meneghinite has a Mohs hardness of <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />2+12, one perfect cleavage and a conchoidal fracture. It is a blackish lead-grey in colour and gives a black shining streak. Its lustre is metallic.[1]

Discovered in the Italian Province of Lucca in 1852,[1] it is named after Giuseppe Meneghini (1811–1889) of the University of Pisa, who first observed the species.[2] The Bottino Mine in Lucca is the type locality.[1]

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Sample of Meneghinite from the Harvard Museum of Natural History

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