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Owyheeite

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Owyheeite

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Description
Locality: 
Himmelsfürst Mine, Brand-Erbisdorf, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 2 × 1.3 cm
Description

A rich coverage of greyish needle-like crystals of owyheeite on matrix, associated with massive freieslebenite.
An excellent sample of this uncommon silver-sulfosalt.

Mineral Data
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Owyheeite

Formula: 
Ag3+xPb10-2xSb11+xS28, -0.13 < x > +0.20
Strunz: 
2.HC.35
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Poorman Mine (Oso; Belle Peck Tunnels), Silver City District (Carson District), Owyhee Co., Idaho, USA
Cartils Minerals

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