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Coiraite & Suredaite

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Coiraite & Suredaite

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Description
Locality: 
Oploca, Pirquitas, Rinconada Department, Jujuy, Argentina
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.5 × 1 cm
Description

Dark grey metallic masses of coiraite (about half of the specimen) and lustrous black acicular crystals of suredaite on a brown sphalerite matrix. A good example of these rare sulfosalts from their Type Locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Coiraite

Formula: 
(Pb,Sn)12.5Sn5FeAs3S28
Strunz: 
2.HF.25b
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
dark grey
Type Locality: 
Pirquitas Ag-Sn Deposit, Rinconada Department, Jujuy, Argentina

Suredaite

Formula: 
PbSnS3
Strunz: 
2.DB.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Oploca Vein System (Oploca mine), Pirquitas Ag-Sn Deposit, Rinconada Department, Jujuy, Argentina
Cartils Minerals

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