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Guitermanite

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Zuni Mine (Zuñi Mine), Anvil Mountain, Red Mountain District, San Juan Co., Colorado, USA
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Formula:
Pb
 
10
As
 
6
S
 
19
 (?)
Colour:Bluish-grayHardness:3
Name:After Frank Guiterman, Metallurgist and Chemist, of Denver, Colorado, USA


Uncertain material, may be a mixture.

Originally reported from Zuni Mine (Zuñi Mine), Anvil Mountain, Silverton, Silverton District, San Juan Co., Colorado, USA.

Classification of Guitermanite

IMA status:Not Approved
Explanation of status:XRD of type material showed jordanite lines. Polished section showed jordanite and mixture with similar unknown material.
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Physical Properties of Guitermanite

Lustre:Metallic
Diaphaneity (Transparency):Opaque
Colour:Bluish-gray
Streak:Bluish-gray
Hardness (Mohs):3
Tenacity:Brittle

Chemical Properties of Guitermanite

Formula:
Pb
 
10
As
 
6
S
 
19
 (?)
Essential elements:As, Pb, S
All elements listed in formula:As, Pb, S

Other Names for Guitermanite

Other Languages:
German:Guitermanit
Spanish:Guitermanita

Other Information

Health Warning:No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

References for Guitermanite

Reference List:

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Hillebrand (1884) Colorado Science Society, Proceedings: 1: 129.

Palache, Charles, Harry Berman & Clifford Frondel (1944), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana Yale University 1837-1892, Volume I: Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts, Oxides. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York. 7th edition, revised and enlarged: 401.

Minerals of Colorado.

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    • Colorado
      • San Juan Co.
        • Red Mountain District
          • Anvil Mountain
    		Rocks & Minerals 71:2 pp94-101; A. Rosenzweig (1957) Mineralogical Notes on the Silverton Quadrangle, Colorado. in 8th Field Conference New Mexico Geological Society. pp199-202
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      • St. Lawrence Co.
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    		NY State Museum spec. no. 3.3.9.0-1
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