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Sorosite Native Lead & Stistaite

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Sorosite Native Lead & Stistaite

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Description
Locality: 
Kovdor Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.3 × 0.8 × 0.7 cm
Description

Polished section of sorosite, native lead and stistaite (documentation Prof. Rudashesvsky, SEM/X-ray)

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sorosite

Formula: 
Cu1+x(Sn,Sb), where 0.1 ≤ x ≤ 0.2
Strunz: 
1.AC.15
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Type Locality: 
Baimka placer deposit, Aluchinskii Massif (Aluchin horst), Baimka River, Bol'shoi Anyui River Basin, Kolyma area, Chukotskii Autonomous Okrug, Far-Eastern Region, Russia...

Lead

Formula: 
Pb
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
1.5
Streak: 
grey

Stistaite

Formula: 
SnSb
Strunz: 
2.AA.45
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Elkiaidai Stream, North Nuratau Range, Sidaryo Viloyati (Syrdar'ya), Uzbekistan...