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Pavonite Bismuthinite Aikinite

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Pavonite Bismuthinite Aikinite

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Description
Locality: 
Bolivar Mine, Cerro Bonete, Sud Lípez Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.9 × 1.4 × 0.4 cm
Description

Grey metallic pavonite with bismuthinite and aikinite from the Bolivar mine, Potosi, Bolivia. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Bismuthinite

Formula: 
Bi2S3
Strunz: 
2.DB.05
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Streak: 
Lead-gray

Aikinite

Formula: 
PbCuBiS3
Strunz: 
2.HB.05a
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Berezovskoe Au Deposit (Berezovsk Mines), Berezovskii (Berezovskii Zavod), Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...