Meneghinite

Formula: Pb13CuSb7S24

Reflected/transmitted colour: opaque, polished section white

Pleochroism: weak

Optical isotropy/anisotropy: polished section strong anisotropy, // elongation maximal, elongation minimal; light tan, brown, blue-gray, straight extinction

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Birefringence δ/bireflectance: polished section , weak, much weaker than for jamesonite, white with a yellow brownish tint to grayish white with a reddish or faint greenish tint

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