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Oploca Vein System (Oploca mine), Pirquitas Ag-Sn Deposit, Rinconada Department, Jujuy, Argentina
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Formula:
PbSnS
 
3
System:OrthorhombicColour:Grayish black
Lustre:MetallicHardness:2½ - 3
Name:The name honors Ricardo Jose Sureda Leston (b. 1946), head of the Department of Mineralogy end Economic Geology, University of Salta, Argentina.
This page provides mineralogical data about Suredaite.

Classification of Suredaite

IMA status:Approved 1997
Strunz 8th edition ID:2/C.17-45
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:2.DB.10

2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.)
D : Metal Sulfides, M: S = 3 :4 and 2:3
B : M:S = 2:3
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Type Occurrence of Suredaite

Type Locality:Oploca Vein System (Oploca mine), Pirquitas Ag-Sn Deposit, Rinconada Department, Jujuy, Argentina

Physical Properties of Suredaite

Lustre:Metallic
Diaphaneity (Transparency):Opaque
Colour:Grayish black
Streak:Black
Hardness (Mohs):2½ - 3

Crystallography of Suredaite

Crystal System:Orthorhombic

Chemical Properties of Suredaite

Formula:
PbSnS
 
3
Essential elements:Pb, S, Sn
All elements listed in formula:Pb, S, Sn

Relationship of Suredaite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

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2.DB.05Antimonselite
Sb
 
2
Se
 
3
2.DB.05Bismuthinite
Bi
 
2
S
 
3
2.DB.05Guanajuatite
Bi
 
2
(Se,S)
 
3
2.DB.05Metastibnite
Sb
 
2
S
 
3
2.DB.05Pääkkönenite
Sb
 
2
AsS
 
2
2.DB.05Stibnite
Sb
 
2
S
 
3
2.DB.10Ottemannite
beta Sn
 
2
S
 
3
2.DB.15Bowieite
(Rh,Ir,Pt)
 
2
S
 
3
2.DB.15Kashinite
(Ir,Rh)
 
2
S
 
3
2.DB.20Montbrayite
(Au,Sb)
 
2
Te
 
3
2.DB.25Edgarite
FeNb
 
3
S
 
6
2.DB.30Tarkianite
(Cu,Fe)(Re,Mo)
 
4
S
 
8
2.DB.35Cameronite
AgCu
 
7
Te
 
10

Other Names for Suredaite

Synonyms:
IMA1997-043
Other Languages:
German:Suredait
Russian:Суредаит
Spanish:Suredaita

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 Suredaite

Reference List:

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American Mineralogist (2000): 85: 1066-1075.

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    • Jujuy
      • Rinconada Department
        • Pirquitas Ag-Sn Deposit
    		Amer.Min.(2000) 85, 1066-
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