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Stannite & Andorite

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Stannite & Andorite

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Description
Locality: 
San José Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 2 × 1.6 cm
Description

Dark crystal of stannite of 14x14 mm associated to a flattened striated andorite crystal of 22x20mm.

Found in 2015.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Stannite

Formula: 
Cu2(Fe,Zn)SnS4
Strunz: 
2.CB.15a
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
West Wheal Kitty (Wheal Rock), West Wheal Kitty group, St Agnes, St Agnes District, Cornwall, England, UK

Andorite

Synonym Of: 

Quantrandorite

Formula: 
Pb18Ag15Sb47S96
Strunz: 
2.JB.40a
Hardness: 
0.0

Andorite VI

Formula: 
AgPbSb3S6
Hardness: 
0.0
Formula: 
AgPbSb3S6
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5 -
Colour: 
Dark Grey
Type Locality: 
Baia Sprie Mine, Baia Sprie, Romania

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