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Franckeite Var Potosíite & Cylindrite

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Franckeite Var Potosíite & Cylindrite

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Description
Locality: 
San José Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 0.5 × 0.3 cm
Description

Potoseite and cylindrite crystals

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

Potosíite

Variety Of: 

Franckeite

Formula: 
Fe2+(Pb,Sn2+)6Sn4+2Sb2S14
Strunz: 
2.HF.25b
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Formula: 
Pb6Sn3FeSb3S16
Strunz: 
2.HF.25b
Hardness: 
2.5

Cylindrite

Formula: 
Pb3Sn4FeSb2S14
Strunz: 
2.HF.25a
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Santa Cruz Mine, Poopó town, Poopó Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia