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Pirquitasite

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Pirquitasite

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Description
Locality: 
Pirquitas, Rinconada Department, Jujuy, Argentina
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 2.7 × 1.7 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with a vug hosting numerous small, sharp crystals of pirquitasite/hocartite in rhodostannite, pyrite ore from the type locality. Rare!

Mineral Data
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Pirquitasite

Formula: 
Ag2ZnSnS4
Strunz: 
2.CB.15a
Hardness: 
4.0
Colour: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Pirquitas Ag-Sn Deposit, Rinconada Department, Jujuy, Argentina

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