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Teallite

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Description
Locality: 
Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1 × 0.8 cm
Description

Metallic cleavages of teallite, a Sn containing sulfide mineral.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Teallite

Formula: 
(Pb,Sn)SnS2
Strunz: 
2.CD.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Santa Rosa vein (Santa Rosa mine), El Salvador Mines (Antequera Mine), Monserrat-Antequera district, Pazña, Poopó Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia