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Olsacherite & Clausthalite

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Olsacherite & Clausthalite

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Description
Locality: 
Virgen de Surumi Mine, Pakajake Canyon, Chayanta Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1 × 1 cm
Description

White acicular crystals of the very rare selenite olsacherite from the type locality in Pacajake mine (Virgen de Surime mine) associated to cubic metallic crystals of the rare lead selenide clausthalite, and minoritary penroseite also TL.

Analyzed specimen , see copy enclosed.

Olsacherite from the type locality are very rare in the mineral market !

Two rare selenium minerals in the same specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Olsacherite

Formula: 
Pb2(SeO4)(SO4)
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Virgen de Surumi mine (Pacajake mine; Pakajake mine), Pakajake Canyon (Pacajake Canyon), Chayanta Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia

Clausthalite

Formula: 
PbSe
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
St Lorenz Mine, Burgstatt veins, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany

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