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Teallite & Franckeite

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Teallite & Franckeite

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Description
Locality: 
Itos Mine, Oruro City, Oruro Department, Bolivia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.4 × 2 × 1.7 cm
Description

Neat inter-mixed metallic masses of both teallite and frankeite from Itos Mine, Oruro City

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Teallite

Formula: 
(Pb,Sn)SnS2
Strunz: 
2.CD.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Santa Rosa vein (Santa Rosa mine), El Salvador Mines (Antequera Mine), Monserrat-Antequera district, Pazña, Poopó Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia

Franckeite

Formula: 
Fe2+(Pb,Sn2+)6Sn4+2Sb2S14
Strunz: 
2.HF.25b
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Chocaya mine, Chocaya-Animas (Animas-Chocaya), Atocha-Quechisla District, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia
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