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Pirquitasite & Hocartite

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Pirquitasite & Hocartite

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Description
Locality: 
Oploca Vein, Pirquitas Mine, Rinconada Department, Jujuy, Argentina
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 3.5 × 1 cm
Description

Brown pirquitasite crystals with metallic hocartite crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pirquitasite

Formula: 
Ag2ZnSnS4
Strunz: 
2.CB.15a
Hardness: 
4.0
Colour: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Pirquitas Ag-Sn Deposit, Rinconada Department, Jujuy, Argentina

Hocartite

Formula: 
Ag2(Fe2+,Zn)SnS4
Strunz: 
2.CB.15a
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Chocaya mine, Chocaya-Animas (Animas-Chocaya), Atocha-Quechisla District, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia