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Berndtite & Herzenbergite

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Berndtite & Herzenbergite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Maria-Teresa Mine, Huari, Avaroa Province,, Oruro Department, Bolivia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.4 × 0.2 × 0.2 cm
Description

Black single intergrown crystal of two very rare Sn sulphides , berndtite (exactly the polytype -2T, but labeled in the plastic box as -C6) and herzenberegite from Bolivia. It probably have also the third Sn sulphide ottemaniite but this is not confirmed.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

No duplicates available

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Berndtite

Formula: 
SnS2
Strunz: 
2.EA.20
Crystal System: 
Trigonal (-2T) and Hexagonal (-4H)
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Cerro de Potosí (Cerro Rico), Potosí City, Potosí Department, Bolivia

Herzenbergite

Formula: 
(Sn,Pb)SnS2
Strunz: 
2.CD.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Maria-Teresa Mine, Huari, Avaroa Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia

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