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Owyheeite

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Owyheeite

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Description
Locality: 
Fuwan, Gaoming District, Foshan, Guangdong Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3 × 2 cm
Description

Owyheeite is a very rare silver mineral which occurs only in a limited number of localites.

The specimen comes from a recent find from the Fuwang-Ag deposit in Guangdong Province, imho would be difficult to find a better one.

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

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