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Pavonite

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Description
Locality: 
Alaska Mine, Poughkeepsie Gulch, San Juan County, Colorado, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.1 × 1.1 × 1 cm
Description

Bright metallic pavonite crystals and distributed masses close to chalcopyrite in quartz. The Alaska mine is also type locality for mummeite. 

Mineral Data
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Pavonite

Formula: 
(Ag,Cu)(Bi,Pb)3S5
Strunz: 
2.JA.05a
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Bolivar Mine, Cerro Bonete, Sud Lípez Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia