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Favreauite & Schmiederite

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Favreauite & Schmiederite

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Description
Locality: 
El Dragón Mine, Quijarro Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 0.6 × 0.4 cm
Description

Intense blue schmiederite with minor favreauite in selenium bearing matrix. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Favreauite

Formula: 
PbBiCu6O4(SeO3)4(OH)·H2O
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
El Dragón mine, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia

Schmiederite

Formula: 
Pb2Cu2(Se6+O4)(Se4+O3)(OH)4
Strunz: 
7.BC.65
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
El Cóndor Mine, Los Llantenes district, Vinchina Department, La Rioja, Argentina