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Argyrodite from
Colquechaca, Colquechaca Municipality, Chayanta Province, Potosí, Bolivia
| Locality type: | Town | |
| Classification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Species: | Argyrodite | |
| Formula: | Ag8GeS6 | |
| Comments: | "In 1921 a rich pocket of argyrodite was discovered in the “clavo Block” of the Gallofa vein. The mineral was encountered as compact masses and as magnificent simple octahedrons and sometimes with gemmy cube like calcite crystals associated with pyrargyrite, loellingite and rammelsbergite, sphalerite and quartz. Beautiful small star like little dodecahedral penetration twins were also rarely encountered." Ahlfeld & Reyes (1955) | |
| Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) | |
| Confirmation | ||
| Validity: | Believed Valid | |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: | ||
| Siderite | 30 | |
| Marcasite | 30 | |
| Pyrargyrite | 24 | |
| Miargyrite | 19 | |
| Pyrite | 18 | |
| Pyrrhotite | 5 | |
| Canfieldite | 2 | |
| Acanthite | 1 | |
| Native Silver | 1 | |
| Chalcopyrite | 1 | |
| Data | ||
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Argyrodite data | |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Colquechaca, Colquechaca Municipality, Chayanta Province, Potosí, Bolivia | |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (30 photos) | |
| Data Identifiers | ||
| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1146 | |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1146:4 | |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 | |
| References | ||
Colquechaca, Colquechaca Municipality, Chayanta Province, Potosí, Bolivia