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Sterryite & Parasterryite

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Sterryite & Parasterryite

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Description
Locality: 
Pollone Mine, Valdicastello Carducci, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.4 × 1.5 cm
Weight: 
44.00gr
Description

Nice specimen with mixture of sterryite and parasterryite. All times are parasterryite in the core and outside sterryite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sterryite

Formula: 
Ag2Pb10(Sb,As)12S29
Strunz: 
2.LB.30
Hardness: 
3.5
Colour: 
Black
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Taylor Pit, Huntingdon Township, Madoc area, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada

Parasterryite

Formula: 
Ag4Pb20Sb14As10S58
Strunz: 
2.HC.40
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Pollone Mine, Valdicastello Carducci, Pietrasanta, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy