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Pirquitasite & Toyohaite

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Pirquitasite & Toyohaite

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Description
Locality: 
Pirquitas, Rinconada Department, Jujuy, Argentina
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.4 × 0.9 × 0.7 cm
Description

Black metallic pirquitasite with dull toyohaite and franckeite from Pirquitas Ag-Sn mine, Jujuy Prov. Argentina. 

Specimen comes with a well documentated multi page colour print. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pirquitasite

Formula: 
Ag2ZnSnS4
Strunz: 
2.CB.15a
Hardness: 
4.0
Colour: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Pirquitas Ag-Sn Deposit, Rinconada Department, Jujuy, Argentina

Toyohaite

Formula: 
Ag2FeSn3S8
Strunz: 
2.DA.10
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Toyoha mine, Minami-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Pirquitasite & Toyohaite
Analysis Report - only: Pirquitasite & Toyohaite
Analysis Report - only: Pirquitasite & Toyohaite
Analysis Report - only: Pirquitasite & Toyohaite
Analysis Report - only: Pirquitasite & Toyohaite