Montesite

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Hardness:	2½ - 3
Name:	For Don Ismael Montes, twice president of Bolivia and founder of the Escuela Práctica de Mineriá at Oruro (1905).
Afrikaans synonym of:	Herzenbergite-Teallite series

Three analyses in the original Herzenberg article (see references) are given of supposed teallites. According to Michael Fleischer in American Mineralogist the analysis corresponds to PbSn₄S₅, which is considered part of the isotypic series between Teallite (Pb,Sn)SnS₂ and Herzenbergite (Sn,Pb)SnS₂.

Probably a plumboan herzenbergite, according to I. Ya Kerasov et al (1974)

References for Montesite
Reference List: - +	Roberto Herzenberg, Montesita, nuevo mineral de estano en Bolivia: Mineria Boliviana, 6, No. 44, 5-7 (1949). American Mineralogist (1960): 35: 344. I. Ya Nekrasov, M.P. Kulakov & Zh.N. Sokolovskaya (1974) Geokhimiya, 1, 80
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