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Aramayoite Hocartite & Diaphorite

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Aramayoite Hocartite & Diaphorite

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Description
Locality: 
Armonía Mine, Incahuasi Valley, El Quevar, Los Andes Department, Salta, Argentina
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 2.3 × 1.9 cm
Description

Excellent but tiny crystals of aramayoite scattered in small vugs with crude hocartite groups and a few diaphorite crystals. Rare!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Aramayoite

Formula: 
Ag(Sb,Bi)S2
Strunz: 
2.HA.25
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Ánimas Mine, Chocaya-Animas (Animas-Chocaya), Atocha-Quechisla District, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia

Hocartite

Formula: 
Ag2(Fe2+,Zn)SnS4
Strunz: 
2.CB.15a
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Chocaya mine, Chocaya-Animas (Animas-Chocaya), Atocha-Quechisla District, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia

Diaphorite

Formula: 
Ag3Pb2Sb3S8
Strunz: 
2.JB.05
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Neue Hoffnung Gottes Mine, Bräunsdorf, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
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