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Freieslebenite & Diaphorite

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Freieslebenite & Diaphorite

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Description
Locality: 
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 1.9 × 1.9 cm
Description

SEM-EDS & Raman confirmed freieslebenite "grids" on galena associated with diaphorite (SEM-EDS conf.) and proustite. Minor miargyrite (Raman & SEM-EDS conf.) as black small crystals around the other phases. The full set of analysis is available on request. 

SEM-EDS & Raman analysis no 461, analysis attached. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Freieslebenite

Formula: 
AgPbSbS3
Strunz: 
2.JB.15
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
black
Type Locality: 
Himmelsfürst Mine, Brand-Erbisdorf, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Diaphorite

Formula: 
Ag3Pb2Sb3S8
Strunz: 
2.JB.05
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Neue Hoffnung Gottes Mine, Bräunsdorf, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Freieslebenite & Diaphorite
Analysis Report - only: Freieslebenite & Diaphorite
Analysis Report - only: Freieslebenite & Diaphorite