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Owyheeite

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Owyheeite

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Description
Locality: 
Pollone Mine, Valdicastello Carducci, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.5 × 1 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.20cm
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, this is not the sample that has the largest crystals but still has crystals that reach more than a centimeter that for this species is a truly rare size, some crystals are covered with a patina of alteration but in most part of the crystals still retain the black metallic color typical of the species.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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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