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Owyheeite & Freibergite

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Owyheeite & Freibergite

Rare minerals
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Description
Locality: 
Eagle Vein, Mount Lewis, Lander County, Nevada, United States of America
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.4 × 1.6 × 1.5 cm
Description

Matrix with vugs containing clusters of acicular owyheeite crystals in association with lead grey freibergite inclusions in he matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Freibergite

Formula: 
Ag6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S13-x
Strunz: 
2.GB.05
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Colour: 
Grey
Type Locality: 
Reiche Zeche Mine, Himmelfahrt Mine, Freiberg, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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