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Silesite

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Colour:Light yellow
Name:After Hernando Siles, a former President of Bolivia.
A Mixture Of:Cassiterite, Quartz


A supposed silicate of tin that is probably a mixture as indicated.

Fine-grained, horny, often fibrous, concretionary aggregates. Porous, resembling chalcedony.

Classification of Silesite

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Physical Properties of Silesite

Colour:Light yellow

Other Names for Silesite

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Spanish:Silesita

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 Silesite

Reference List:

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Pauly (1926), Centralblatt für Mineralogie: 44.

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: 579-580.

Ahlfeld, F., and Munoz Reyes, J. (1955) Las Especies Minerales de Bolivia, page 168.

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    		Pauly, A. (1926) Centralblatt fuer Mineralogie, 44.
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