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Owyheeite

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Owyheeite

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Locality: 
Pollone Mine, Valdicastello Carducci, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.5 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.70cm
Description

This rare and wonderful sample, coming from the old mine of Pollone, Tuscany, where was recently discovered a cavity with magnificent samples of owyeeite with crystals, probably with the maximum size for this species ever found, unfortunately most of the really few samples is altered or covered with oxides, (probably of Sb), very very few others, like the sample that we present, only partially and in most part of the crystals still retain the black metallic color typical of the species.

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Owyheeite

Formula: 
Ag3+xPb10-2xSb11+xS28, -0.13 < x > +0.20
Strunz: 
2.HC.35
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Poorman Mine (Oso; Belle Peck Tunnels), Silver City District (Carson District), Owyhee Co., Idaho, USA

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