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Chovanite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Sant'Olga Tunnel, Monte Arsiccio Mine, Sant'Anna di Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.2 × 0.1 × 0.1 cm
Description

Outstanding micromount of the very rare and relatively new mineral chovanite (IMA2009-055) from one of the very few known localities worldwide.

Chovanite is an Pb-Sb oxysalt.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chovanite

Formula: 
Pb15-2xSb14+2xS36Ox (x ~ 0.2)
Strunz: 
2.JB.35e
Hardness: 
3.0 - 0.0
Colour: 
Grey
Type Locality: 
Dúbrava, Liptovský Mikuláš Co., Žilina Region, Slovakia

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