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Canfieldite & Argyrodite

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Canfieldite & Argyrodite

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Description
Locality: 
Colquechaca, Chayanta Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1.2 × 0.8 cm
Description

Grey metallic canfieldite and argyrodite on pyrargyrite and siderite. 

SEM-EDS confirmed no 591a,b; analysis in the analytical section. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Canfieldite

Formula: 
Ag8SnS6
Strunz: 
2.BA.70
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Colquechaca (Aullagas), Chayanta Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia

Argyrodite

Formula: 
Ag8GeS6
Strunz: 
2.BA.70
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Himmelsfürst Mine, Brand-Erbisdorf, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Canfieldite & Argyrodite
Analysis Report - only: Canfieldite & Argyrodite