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Famatinite

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Famatinite

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Description
Locality: 
Pulacayo Mine, Huanchaca, Quijarro Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
1 × 3 × 2.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.30cm
Description

grayish-brown metallic famatinite crystals of 3 mm, beside of some bournonite and pyrite crystals on cavities in massive famatinite-pyrite matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Famatinite

Formula: 
Cu3SbS4
Strunz: 
2.KA.10
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Sierra de Famatina, La Rioja, Argentina