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Kenoargentotetrahedrite-(Fe) & Argentotetrahedrite-(Fe)

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Kenoargentotetrahedrite-(Fe) & Argentotetrahedrite-(Fe)

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Description
Locality: 
Oktyabrsky Mine, Talnakh, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 0.7 × 0.7 cm
Description

Metallic inclusions of a mixture of the two very rare species kenoargentotetrahedrite-(Fe) & argentotetrahedrite-(Fe)  in a completely analyzed specimen by SEM/EDS (see copy enclosed).

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Argentotetrahedrite-(Fe)

Formula: 
Ag6(Cu4Fe2)Sb4S12S
Strunz: 
2/C.11-X
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Type Locality: 
Keno Hill, Mayo mining district, Yukon, Canada

Kenoargentotetrahedrite-(Fe)

Formula: 
[Ag6]4+(Cu4Fe2+2)Sb4S12
Strunz: 
2.GB.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Type Locality: 
Hab Acht Mine, Beschert Glück Mine, Zug, Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany Or Himmelsfürst Fundgrube Mine, Brand-Erbisdorf, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany

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