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Andorite

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Description
Locality: 
San José Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.5 × 5.7 × 3.9 cm
Description

A very rare piece! This specimen features excellent, relatively sharp terminated, semi lustrous, striated, steel grey crystals of the rare lead-silver-antimony sulfosalt. Also the size of this cluster is exceptional. The fantastic piece comes from the amazing find in November 2004. The majority of the specimens from this find were merely single-crystals, but clusters like this and in this size are really very rare!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Andorite

Synonym Of: 

Quantrandorite

Formula: 
Pb18Ag15Sb47S96
Strunz: 
2.JB.40a
Hardness: 
0.0

Andorite VI

Formula: 
AgPbSb3S6
Hardness: 
0.0
Formula: 
AgPbSb3S6
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5 -
Colour: 
Dark Grey
Type Locality: 
Baia Sprie Mine, Baia Sprie, Romania