Povondraite from
Alto Chapare District, Chapare Province, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia

Alto Chapare District, Chapare Province, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia
© Elmar Lackner

Description
Comments:	(Type locality often erroneously given as the San Francisco mine, but in reality it came from the country rock several hundred meters from the mine, in a different type of rock.)
Habit:	equant
Colour:	black
Quality of samples:	Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
References
References:	Mineralogical Record: 32: 461; Zacek, V., Petrov, A., and Hyrsl, J. (1998), Chemistry and origin of povondraite-bearing rocks from Alto Chapare, Cochabamba, Bolivia. Journal of the Czech Geological Society: 43: 59-67.
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Povondraite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Alto Chapare District, Chapare Province, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia
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