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Dyscrasite from
Colquechaca, Colquechaca Municipality, Chayanta Province, Potosí, Bolivia


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Dyscrasite
Formula:Ag3Sb
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Dyscrasite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Colquechaca, Colquechaca Municipality, Chayanta Province, Potosí, Bolivia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:42235
Long-form Identifier:1:3:42235:4
GUID (UUID V4):8385f6f6-3f1a-4313-9329-b004ffa19a2b
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
No. 12: Bolivia ht of Mineral Collecting N 978-0-9790998-5-4 Publisher Lithographie, LLC Denver, Colorado...specimen 'being sold with the shrine when he was in Bolivia buying mineral specimens in the 1970s. He took...ophyllite; 5. 2 cm tall Cerro Rico, Potosi, B,atillo province, Potosi Andy Seibel col/action Jejf-SC,m/.plwto...Yaalte: 12.5 cm wide Siglo XX Mine, ,U� Bustillo province, Potosi Malty Zinn colkdknt (ex Marv Rausch) Jase...640 200 100 600 The Political Divisions of Bolivia (after United Nations Map No. 3875, Peacekeeping
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Atocha-Quechisla District Sud Chichas Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia O ne of the perks of my job is...Atocha-Quechisla district, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia. The main crystal is a modified...Saint-Hilaire, all located near Montreal in Quebec Province. I thought that the specimen we have in the collection...with analcime from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec Province, Canada. The specimen is 9 × 8.5 × 6 cm. Royal...after serandite, from the Poudrette quarry, Quebec Province, Canada. The specimen is 22.5 × 10 × 6 cm. Royal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
C. After the Punic Wars, Iberia became a Roman province, and huge quantities of silver flowed from Spain...discovered. In 1535, Pizarro conquered Peru and Bolivia, and the incredible deposits of Potosi were discovered...silver mined up to that point in history, and Bolivia and Peru had also produced substantial amounts...photo. Figure 26. Andorite, 3.7 cm across, Omro, Bolivia. Terry Wallace specimen, Wendell Wilson photo....on the order of 1 cm across and come from Colquechaca, Bolivia. Although both of these minerals are known
Report (issue)
Dyscrasite Ag3 Sb c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Orthorhombic. Point..., Haut-Rhin. From Hiendelaencina, Guadalajara Province, Spain. At Přı́bram, Czech Republic. From Långsjön...Chañarcillo, south of Copiapó, Atacama, Chile. At Colquechaca, Bolivia. From the Highbridge mine, Belmont district...(1976) Refinement of the crystal structure of dyscrasite, and its implications for the structure of allargentum
Journal (issue)
livia Alfredo Petrov Casilla 1728 Cochabamba, Bolivia e-mail: alfredopetrov@earthlink.net Bill and Carol...Colorado 80020 e-mail: smith72@attglobal.net Bolivia, a landlocked nation three times as large as M...this gazetteer. INTRODUCTION Most people think of Bolivia as a land of great mountain ranges and high cold...description only fits the southwestern third of Bolivia. The two thirds of the country to the north and... Cerro Manomo. The northeastern two thirds of Bolivia contains the fastest growing regions; industrial
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
occurs as an alteration product of acanthite, dyscrasite, and silver. Pyrargyrite is relatively widespread...(crystals to 2 cm) and the Millotingo mine, Huarochiri Province (somewhat dull crystals to 3 cm long). Stout simple...to 6 cm were found in mines of the Colquechaca district, Bolivia, where they occurred with equally impressive...in the Tornohuaico mine at Porco. A suite of Colquechaca specimens containing light-darkened pyrargyrite
Catalog/List
l $28.50 ANDORITE - !tos Mine, Dept. of Oruro, Bolivia - Dana locale - See the Min. Record, May-June 1975...quality. S85. ARGYRODITE, PYRARGYRITE - Colquechaca, La Paz, Bolivia - Dana locale for both minerals - ror...a visit to the then very old Silver mines of Colquechaca (Montgomery's trip was in 1925). Argyrodite is:...mentions of the occurrence af Argyrodite from Colquechaca can be found in "EM"11, P. 42, and "HB" I, P...often the rule an Pyrargyrite specimens from Colquechaca. Argyrodite has fonned as small, metallic black
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
has been reported by UYT~.N~OGAARDT(1951) with dyscrasite and pyrargyrite in the Central European silver...Mono.-P2dc Argentite Hi-argenfite Allargentum Dyscrasite AgeS AgeS Ag~Sb Ag3Sb Iso. (BCC) Iso. (FCC)...associated with either a n t i m o n i a n silver or dyscrasite. A l l a r g e n t u m is well established as...close similarity to dyscrasite in polished sections. Dyscrasite (AgaSb). Dyscrasite is a relatively c...Broken Hill, Australia; Cobalt, Ontario). The dyscrasite reported in association with antinaonian silver
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
acanthite crystals were once saved from mines at Colquechaca, Bolivia, and Chaiiarcillo and other camps in the...films, crystals, and fine pseudomorphs after dyscrasite, native silver, and galena. Acanthite was relatively
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
205 feet), Tocorpuri on the border of Chile and Bolivia is 6,873 meters (22,550 feet), and the highest...narrow to only 32 kilometers (20 miles), whereas in Bolivia they Dr. Terry C. Wallace is a professor of geosciences...09:23 14 October 2014 vivianites from Oruro, Bolivia; and fantastic pyrargyrites from Hauncavelica,...Pomerape (6,282 meters) on the border of Chile and Bolivia. These volcanoes, like hundreds of others in the...by one of the authors (TCW) and colleagues in Bolivia. in silicates and thus are quite viscous. This
Book (edition)
Nickel Algodonite II/A.01-10 Domeykite II/A.01-20 Dyscrasite II/A.02-20 Maucherite II/A.04-30 Arsenopalladinite...arsenic (light grey), antimony (white lower part), dyscrasite (cream tint), crust of safflorite (darker grey...Nic. // Arsenic (brown grey), antimony (grey), dyscrasite (lighter brownish grey), safflorite (blue to...(yellowish to blue grey anisotropy); Huallatani Mine, Bolivia [c]; Nic. + C Twinned skeletal bismuth (distinct...(dark grey); Dolores I Mine, Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Chile [a]; Nic. // Anhedral domeykite as fissure
Book (edition)
52.02 light cream; 52 light cream; 51.64 yes Dyscrasite Krennerite Joséite Cohenite cream to brownish...internal reflections); Madenköy Mine, Çayeli, Rize Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey (sample: Halbach); XPL...grey; arg); Monte Narba Mine, San Vito, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy; PPL B Same sample as above:...(West Wits Line), Witwatersrand field, Gauteng Province, South Africa; PPL B Intergrowth of electrum (yellowish...Bleida, Bou Azzer District, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco (sample: Goldmann/Oberthür);
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
opportunityto studya tin pegmatitein the field. At Araca,Bolivia,the cassiterite showsan increasein the amount of...depositssuch as Llallagua, Potosi, and O•uro, Bolivia will be classedas "telescopeddeposits" (37, I9)...stannite is later than sphalerite,while at Colquechaca,Bolivia, a "telescopeddeposit,"sphaleriteis both...Arsenopyrite-pyrite Niccolite-breithauptite Fracturing Silver-dyscrasite-argentite-bismuthbismuthinite-cosalite "Normal...andwurtziteoftenoccurtogether in the samedeposit. At Llallagua,Bolivia,wurtzite is a rare mineral and marcasite common
Book
withpyrargyrite, proustite, pyrostilpnite and dyscrasite. Beautiful botryoidal aggregates of stibarsen...Republic. Masses weighing several kg found in Bolivia (Tasna, Velaque) and Australia (Kingsgate, New...veins, associated with silver, breithauptite and dyscrasite. Crystals up to 1 mm (1/32 in) known from Hartenstein...Allargentum, 50 mm, Schlema, Ge,many ?': ~ 19 Dyscrasite Ag 3Sb ORTHORHOMBIC e e Properties: C - si...also found in several localities in Bolivia (Atoche, Colquechaca, Potosi). Crystal measuring 60 mm (24
Book
withpyrargyrite, proustite, pyrostilpnite and dyscrasite. Beautiful botryoidal aggregates of stibarsen...Republic. Masses weighing several kg found in Bolivia (Tasna, Velaque) and Australia (Kingsgate, New...veins, associated with silver, breithauptite and dyscrasite. Crystals up to 1 mm ('/» in) known from Hartenstein...Republic. Allargentum, 50 mm, Schlema. Germany Dyscrasite Ag 3 Sb ORTHORHOMBIC • • Properties: C" -...- imperfect; F - conchoidal; M - prismatic to Dyscrasite, 75 mm, P?ibram. Czech Republic Properties:
Book
geochemical tin provinces of the East Indies or Bolivia) force an answer in the terms of the second question...peculiar bornite occurrences in the Ookiep area, Cape Province, are on one hand typical transition deposits;... 16 T H E ORE MINERALS FIG. 9 8 X Colavi, Bolivia RAMDOHR Wolframite (hübnerite), in typical lath-shaped...more rapid (Schemnitz, the silver-tin ores of Bolivia). There is no lower temperature limit of hydrothermal...the other. The deposits are known mainly from Bolivia and are there of Tertiary age, but they were surely
Journal (issue)
six or eight hours. In 1850 there were in the province of Atacama 75 productive silver mines, 198 unproductive...bonanza zones include stephanite, acanthite, dyscrasite, stromeyerite, pearceite, polybasite, and native...enrichment was represented by veins of massive dyscrasite. Above the zone of supergene sulfide enrichment...occasionally occurred in spectacular specimens. Dyscrasite occurred as dendritic masses replacing pyrargyrite...pure veins of massive dyscrasite and native silver. Occasionally, small dyscrasite crystals were found
Report (issue)
184 1184 TABLE 2.—SULFIDES—Continued 40. DYSCRASITE—Ag;Sb Orthorhombic, b= C2,\—Pm2m; a = 2.996...92, ¢ = 828 kX,8 = 124° on crystals from Porco, Bolivia 1 23.8 ih 1 24.35 il. 3 26.65 A $ Dilek...Tetragonal, c = 10.746; Z = 2 (Cu/Ni)—San 1620 Bolivia (ROM, M19349) of dimensions 89, 434, 1934) Cell... Jose a 5.47, = Oruro, mine, ; Oruro, Bolivia Pattern of zincian stannite (1637) is perceptibly...by M. A. Peacock on material from Montserrat, Bolivia, as com- c = or hkil 14.31 sphalerite (3C)
Book (volume)
position. in the figure labeled 461 San Jose, Bolivia, for the brachydome v read w. insert superscript...5, for Black Forest read Odenwald. for Rhine Province read Westphalia. for in the Tirol read, Salzburg...Animikite Wurtz {Eng. Mining J., 27, 55, 1879). Dyscrasite pt. 27, 55, 1879). Msidarlanite Sibley {Am. Inst...and Ramdohr (2, 236, 1931). See further under dyscrasite. 17. On the paragenesis of silver, see Lindgren...Andacollo, near Coquimbo. In Hill, New South Wales. Bolivia there is a noted occurrence at Corococo, southwest
Book (edition)
Brazil, H Page 2: Vivianite, I 00 mm, Huanzala, Bolivia, H Page 3: Liddicoatite, polished, 70 mm, Anjanabonoina...expressed in abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture)...the revolution in 1997. Its mineral rich Katanga province was renamed Shaba by Mobutu, and is now the Katanga...Katanga administrative region again. The former Kivu province is now divided to three regions: INTRODUCTION...conditions in the gold-bearing "greenstone" in Abitibi province in northern Ontario and Quebec. Some genetic problems
Report (issue)
Honduras ; Mexico ; United States . 8 7 S. America : Bolivia ; Chile ; Colombia ; Peru . 1 2 6 WORLD MAP OF.... . . CentralAmerican States • SouthAmerica : Bolivia and Chile . . Argentina • . ...., Brazil . . ....copper, and mercury, and also with antimony (Dyscrasite). Argentite.—Sulphide of silver : Ag2S (silver...from the Afikfo district northwards into the Muri province. The silver content varies from traces up to 125...their value is doubtful. A t Orofu in the Muri province the natives mine lead ore on a small scale, but
Journal (issue)
determine visually . . . such falls within the province of scientific appreciation. A broken or stream-rounded...festation, beyond simple specialization in a certain province, involves ignorance of and lack of exposure to...“broquinardite” is on the list; Roebling marked it “Bolivia—very fine — rare.” In a letter to the Colonel dated...argyrodite or canfieldite and comes from Colquechaca, Bolivia.” ROEBLING and the BRITISH MUSEUM Roebling...in it are more distinct. You will notice the Dyscrasite is altered in the center where it is changed
Book
Mine, Peru; Potosi, Oruro and other localities, Bolivia. Europe: Kongsberg, Norway; Sainte-Marie-auxMines...Latin America: Cananea, Sonora, Mexico; Corocoro, Bolivia. Europe: Cornwall, England; Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany...wine vessel, thought to be from Luoyang, in Henan province, was used for ritual purposes, NATIVE ELEMENTS...Graphite, Kahatagaha, Kurunegala, North Western Province, Sri Lanka * 13.5 x 8.5 x 7 om 42 | NATIVE...and Santa Barbara, Chihuahua, Mexico; Llallagua, Bolivia. Europe: Cornwall, England; Freiberg, Saxony, Germany
Book
Schwarzwald (FRG), in large masses in (Chile) and (Bolivia)• Application: copper ore. Kermesite (Red antimony...(436) • OcciJrrence: rare; Tarapaca province (Chile), Potosi (Bolivia), islands in the Caspian Sea (USSR)...(Czechoslovakia), Wittichen (FRG ), Pozo blanco (Spain), (Bolivia), (Mexico), (Peru), (Chile), Cobalt (Canada) •Application...containing sulphur• Similar minerals : acanthite, dyscrasite (204), platinum (281) • Distinguishing features:...one piece weighing 612 kg (Canada), (Mexico), (Bolivia) •Application : precious metal, used in minting
Book (edition)
the lapis lazuli mine at Sar-e-Sang, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan. It forms the core of a crystal of...east northeast of Colquechaca on the eastern slope of the Central Cordillera, Bolivia. BEST REF. IN ENGLISH:...Wilagedera iron ore prospect in the Northwestern Province of Ceylon. ANCYLITE 21 BEST REF. lN ENGLISH:...sulfides, and sulfosalts at Oruro and elsewhere in Bolivia; and at Felsobanya, Roumania. BEST REF. IN ENGLISH:...places in Germany; in the Sierra Cabrera, Almeria Province, Spain; as fine crystals (cabrerite) at Laurium
 
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