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Favreauite

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Favreauite

Type Locality
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
El Dragón Mine, Quijarro Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.5 × 1.3 cm
Description

Favreuaite is a very rare and brand new mineral species, named for Georges Favreau, amateur mineralogist, France with the chemical coposition of: PbBiCu6O4(SeO3)4(OH) · H2O

Typical tiny green, tabular microcrystals in vugs of the krutaite ore matrix. With minor blue chalcomenite crystals.

This is one of the very best existing specimens of this mineral species !

EDS/SEM analyzed specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Favreauite

Formula: 
PbBiCu6O4(SeO3)4(OH)·H2O
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
El Dragón mine, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia