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Franckeite

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Franckeite

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Description
Locality: 
Itos Mine, Oruro City, Oruro Department, Bolivia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 2.8 × 2.2 cm
Description

This specimen is a very attractive, rare triclinic lead, tin, iron, antimony sulfosalt franckeite. This specimen has masses of bright silvery grey thin plate like blades of franckeite covering the top and sides of this specimen

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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
Earthstones Australia

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