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Andorite from
Colquechaca, Colquechaca Municipality, Chayanta Province, Potosí, Bolivia


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:'Andorite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:AgPbSb3S6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Andorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Colquechaca, Colquechaca Municipality, Chayanta Province, Potosí, Bolivia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:545619
Long-form Identifier:1:3:545619:2
GUID (UUID V4):7fda5e8e-5560-487f-883f-fb1210f2162e
Nearest other occurrences of Andorite
69.2km (43.0 miles) Siglo Veinte Mine, Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo Province, Potosí, Bolivia
94.1km (58.5 miles) Anton Bravo Mine (Anton Bravo vein), Serranía Huarihuari, Potosí (Potosí Municipality), Tomás Frías Province, Potosí, Bolivia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
No. 12: Bolivia ht of Mineral Collecting N 978-0-9790998-5-4 Publisher Lithographie, LLC Denver, Colorado...specimen 'being sold with the shrine when he was in Bolivia buying mineral specimens in the 1970s. He took...ophyllite; 5. 2 cm tall Cerro Rico, Potosi, B,atillo province, Potosi Andy Seibel col/action Jejf-SC,m/.plwto...Yaalte: 12.5 cm wide Siglo XX Mine, ,U� Bustillo province, Potosi Malty Zinn colkdknt (ex Marv Rausch) Jase...640 200 100 600 The Political Divisions of Bolivia (after United Nations Map No. 3875, Peacekeeping
Journal (issue)
livia Alfredo Petrov Casilla 1728 Cochabamba, Bolivia e-mail: alfredopetrov@earthlink.net Bill and Carol...Colorado 80020 e-mail: smith72@attglobal.net Bolivia, a landlocked nation three times as large as M...this gazetteer. INTRODUCTION Most people think of Bolivia as a land of great mountain ranges and high cold...description only fits the southwestern third of Bolivia. The two thirds of the country to the north and... Cerro Manomo. The northeastern two thirds of Bolivia contains the fastest growing regions; industrial
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Notes on some Bolivian minerals (Jamesonite, Andorite, Cassiterite, Tourmaline, &c.). By L. J. SP~CEa...from Oruro. New crystal-forms on Andorite : Systematic position of Andorite. Chalcostibite fl'om Oruro. Augelite...have dealt primarily with the species augelite, andorite, argyrodite, stannite, and chaleostibite, though...manager in Bolivia. Another collection , which may be specially mentioned, was brought from Bolivia by Sir...pyrargyrite with crystals of argyrodite from Colquechaca, and a large mamillated mass of native copper
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
C. After the Punic Wars, Iberia became a Roman province, and huge quantities of silver flowed from Spain...discovered. In 1535, Pizarro conquered Peru and Bolivia, and the incredible deposits of Potosi were discovered...silver mined up to that point in history, and Bolivia and Peru had also produced substantial amounts...silver, (2) polybasite, (3) argyrodite, and (4) andorite groups. The ruby silver group (prousite and pyrargyrite)...lengenbachite, massite, owyheeite, fnelyite, ramonite, and andorite) are silver-lead sulfosalts that form a complex
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Bournonite Yaogangxian Mine, Chenzhou, Hunan Province, China T here are certain mineral species that...most prolific being the Yaogangxian mine, Hunan Province. (Additional locality information and photographs...single and twinned crystals to 8 mm associated with andorite and enargite in quartz veins found at the Monitor...in the Vibora and other mines at Machacamarca, Potosí, where it occurred with augelite, tetrahedrite...rather common in the vuggy Tajo vein at Pulacayo, Potosí, where it was associated with pyrite, freibergite
Report (issue)
Powder Pattern: Chocoya la Vieja mine, Potosı́, Bolivia. 3.13 (10), 3.00 (9), 1.762 (5), 2.31 (4), 1.831...(3) Chemistry: Cu Sb S Total (1) Pulacayo mine, Bolivia. (2) CuSbS2 . Occurrence: (1) 24.72 48.45 26.20...chalcopyrite, pyrite, tetrahedrite, stibnite, andorite, stannite, dadsonite, siderite, barite, quartz...Germany [TL]. At Capileira, Sierra Nevada, Granada Province, Spain. Fine large crystals from Saint-Pons, ...Wadi of Cherrat, east of Casablanca, Morocco. In Bolivia, at the Pulacayo mine, Huanchaca; Tapi near Tupiza;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Ag-Sn Formation located within Argentina and Bolivia have been investigated mineralogically and geologically...Argentina, respectively. The Geological Survey of Bolivia contributed through help with the logistics. The...gold- and silverbearing tellurides. The selenium province at La Rioja is the largest one on earth. The prominent...Extensive studies of deposits of the Ag-Sn- Province at Bolivia allowed new insights in their mineralogy...investigations are presented for Oruro, Porco, Potosí, Andacaba, Chocaya and Tasna. A widespread anomaly
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Stanniferous Ap;q~rodite f r o m Bolivia : The Identity of the so-called " Crystallised Brongniardite... [Read February 1st, 1898.] HE occurrence in Bolivia of minerals containing the rare element germanium...Argyrodite and a new Sulpho~tannate of Silver from Bolivia." Amer. Journ. Sci. 1894, XLu 451-4; Abstract,...described. STANNIFEROUS ARGYRODITE FROM AULLAOAS, BOLIVIA. In 1894 Mr. Jacobo Aillon presented to the British...village, 15,500 feet above sea level, in the province Chayanta, of the department Potosi. The specimens consist
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Stanniferous Ap;q~rodite f r o m Bolivia : The Identity of the so-called " Crystallised Brongniardite... [Read February 1st, 1898.] HE occurrence in Bolivia of minerals containing the rare element germanium...Argyrodite and a new Sulpho~tannate of Silver from Bolivia." Amer. Journ. Sci. 1894, XLu 451-4; Abstract,...described. STANNIFEROUS ARGYRODITE FROM AULLAOAS, BOLIVIA. In 1894 Mr. Jacobo Aillon presented to the British...village, 15,500 feet above sea level, in the province Chayanta, of the department Potosi. The specimens consist
Catalog/List
h) l 3/8 X l 5/8 X l $28.50 ANDORITE - !tos Mine, Dept. of Oruro, Bolivia - Dana locale - See the Min...metallic gray-black oriented intergrowths of xlized Andorite, formed in the ~ameWilY as Wendell \Jilson's description...Jack Parnau collection. 1\dditional infomalion on Andorite appears in "EM"Il, P. 28, and "HB" I, P. 12 A...quality. S85. ARGYRODITE, PYRARGYRITE - Colquechaca, La Paz, Bolivia - Dana locale for both minerals - ror...a visit to the then very old Silver mines of Colquechaca (Montgomery's trip was in 1925). Argyrodite is:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and Shinkolobwe, Zaire; Tsumeb, Namibia; Colquechaca, Bolivia; Mounana, Gabon; Terlingua, Texas; Mt. St... Nuristan, Laghman hattan, Nevada (9.5 cm). Province, Afghanistan (5.3 cm). Figure 13: Silver, Calumet...blue-green vivianite crystals, Montserrat mine, Pazna, Bolivia (12 cm). Figure Figure 19: Transparent, light...multiple crystal of andorite, V . San Isidro N. 380, San Jose mine, Oruro, Bolivia (8.5 cm). Figure 70:...cinnabar crystals on quartz crystals from Hunan Province, China (5.5 cm). Figure 92: Reddish black hutchinsonite
Report (issue)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCE BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR BOLIVIA by Keith R. Long1 , Jane S. Ciener2 , Fernando...U.S. Embassy, La Paz, Bolivia. 4 Servicio Geologico de Bolivia, La Paz, Bolivia INTRODUCTION This bibliography...references useful for a mineral resource assessment of Bolivia. In its present form it is a nearly exhaustive...resources, economic geology and areal geology of Bolivia. References pertaining to mineralogy, geochemistry...(Federico), 1950, Nuevas publicaciones geologicas sobre Bolivia: Mineria Boliviana, v. 7, n. 53, p. 7-8. Earth
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
acanthite crystals were once saved from mines at Colquechaca, Bolivia, and Chaiiarcillo and other camps in the...laevskiy mine at Dal’negorsk (good pseudomorphs after andorite); and from Ultay, Tuva, and the Dukat deposit
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
205 feet), Tocorpuri on the border of Chile and Bolivia is 6,873 meters (22,550 feet), and the highest...narrow to only 32 kilometers (20 miles), whereas in Bolivia they Dr. Terry C. Wallace is a professor of geosciences...09:23 14 October 2014 vivianites from Oruro, Bolivia; and fantastic pyrargyrites from Hauncavelica,...Pomerape (6,282 meters) on the border of Chile and Bolivia. These volcanoes, like hundreds of others in the...by one of the authors (TCW) and colleagues in Bolivia. in silicates and thus are quite viscous. This
Book (edition)
Heteromorphite Plagionite Jamesonite Ramdohrite Andorite Baumhauerite Rathite Sartorite Zinckenite Aikinite...(yellowish to blue grey anisotropy); Huallatani Mine, Bolivia [c]; Nic. + C Twinned skeletal bismuth (distinct...(dark grey); Dolores I Mine, Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Chile [a]; Nic. // Anhedral domeykite as fissure...(dark grey); Dolores I Mine, Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Chile [a]; Nic. // Domeykite (dark grey), safflorite...reflections); Dolores I Mine, Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Chile [a]; Nic. + 94 Domeykite A 60 μ C
Book (edition)
slightly anisotropic lamellar white; 37.35 Galena Andorite white, bright grey; 32.17 white; 30.27 Mineral...internal reflections); Madenköy Mine, Çayeli, Rize Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey (sample: Halbach); XPL...grey; arg); Monte Narba Mine, San Vito, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy; PPL B Same sample as above:...(West Wits Line), Witwatersrand field, Gauteng Province, South Africa; PPL B Intergrowth of electrum (yellowish...Bleida, Bou Azzer District, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco (sample: Goldmann/Oberthür);
Book
(Cotype) BM 1972,00347 Pacajake, nr Hiaco, Potosi. Bolivia R. Herzenberg (1935) Zentr. Min., Abt. A, pp. 189...00292 Animas mine, Chocoya, Sud. Chicas, Potosi, Bolivia L.J. Spencer (1926) Min. Mag. 21, p. 156. Arctite...BM 1928,00078 Dutoitspan mine, Kimberley, Cape Province, South Africa J. Parry, A.F. Williams & F.E. Wright...Cylindrite (Part of Neotype) BM 84255 Poopo, Oruro, Bolivia A. Frenzl (1893) Neues Jahrb. Min., Bd 2, p. 125...958,00553 Gloucester Farm, Postmasburg, Cape Province, South Africa J.E. De Villiers (1943) Amer. Min
Report (volume)
biotite or biotite-muscovite granite or, as in Bolivia, with shal-low-seated volcanic rocks such as quartz...major lode tin deposits of the world (those of Bolivia excepted) are o:f this type.2 Lodes are near or...Gerais, Brazil Rondonia-Tapajos, Brazil Tin belt, Bolivia lpameri, Goias, Brazil Encruzilhalda, Brazil Amapa...mineralogically complex and very rich deposits o£ Bolivia, where bonanza tin lodes also contain large amounts...enormous amounts of tin; one mine at Llallagua, Bolivia, produced over 500,000 tons (~lfeld, 1936). Disseminated
Journal (issue)
ificad a m in e, C e rro R ico d e P o to si, Bolivia. R esearch C h a rita b le T ru s t sp e c im e... famous mineral localities: Cerro ;8.ico de £ofosi Bolivia ^ --------------------- Wendell E. Wilson 4631...85750 Alfredo Petrov Casilla 1728 Cochabamba, Bolivia Cerro Rico ( “Rich M ou n tain ”) de Potosi is...(1519-1521) and Pizarro conquered Peru and what is now Bolivia (1531-1535). Tons of silver began to pour from...localities in the department, which include Colquechaca and Llallagua, not to mention other less no tab
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
franckeite-type new mineral species from Jujuy Province, NW Argentina W. H. PAAR1,*, Y. MOËLO2, N. N...Ag-Sn-Zn polymetallic Pirquitas deposit, Jujuy Province, NW-Argentina. The new mineral species is the...mineral species from the Pirquitas deposit, Jujuy Province, NW Argentina. * E-mail: werner.paar@sbg.ac.at... 47), the Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Styria Province of Austria and in the ore deposit collection of...in the Puna, 135 km west of Abra Pampa in the Province of Jujuy, NW Argentina at 22º41’S and 66º28’W
Book
Republic. Masses weighing several kg found in Bolivia (Tasna, Velaque) and Australia (Kingsgate, New...also found in several localities in Bolivia (Atoche, Colquechaca, Potosi). Crystal measuring 60 mm (24...(24 in) across is reported from Porco, Bolivia. Stromeyerite A gCuS ORTHORHOMBIC ••• Jalpaite Properties:...Colorado, USA (Aspen; Red Mountain), Chile (Copiap6), Bolivia (Potosi) and Canada (Cobalt, Ontario). Properties:...hightemperature Sn deposits. The best specimens come from Bolivia; crystals up to 50 mm (2 in) across known fro1n
Book
Republic. Masses weighing several kg found in Bolivia (Tasna, Velaque) and Australia (Kingsgate, New...also found in several localities in Bolivia (Atoche, Colquechaca, Potosi). Crystal measuring 60 mm (24...(24 in) across is reported from Porco. Bolivia. Stromeyerite AgCuS ORTHORHOMBIC • • • Jalpaite Properties:...Colorado, USA (Aspen; Red Mountain), Chile (Copiapo). Bolivia (Potosi) and Canada (Cobalt, Ontario). Properties:...hightemperature Sn deposits. The best specimens come from Bolivia; crystals up to 50 mm (2 in) across known from
Journal (issue)
Henderson The Mineralogy of the Department of Oruro, Bolivia..................................................Record Mineralogy _ of the Department of Oruro, Bolivia by Robert B. INTRODUCTION What does the mineralogist...professional and ama­ teur alike, think of when Bolivia is mentioned? Most like­ ly it is the phosphates...wolframite of Chicote Grande, silver sulfosalts of Colquechaca, or the elusive phosphophyllite from Potosi....mines were in their specimen-producing prime. Bolivia is a deceptively large country, approximately the
Journal (issue)
mineral. I a m to ld that it comes from Hubei. the province adjacent to the one that produces much of the...to 2 318 inches (6 cm) from Northe rn -rontier Province , Kenya, Wayne Thompson specimen. Between coughing...17 c m ) length from the I o rthc rn Fronti e r Province in Ke nya. Th e crysta ls arc quite di stinc ti...Mt. in Sichuan Province, pyrite " discs" fro m Liu Z hu C it y in Gungang Xi Province. and fluorite and...hubcit e crysta ls from Da Ye Mine in the Hube i Province. They fo rm clusters o f chocolate brown e longate
Report (issue)
92, ¢ = 828 kX,8 = 124° on crystals from Porco, Bolivia 1 23.8 ih 1 24.35 il. 3 26.65 A $ Dilek...Tetragonal, c = 10.746; Z = 2 (Cu/Ni)—San 1620 Bolivia (ROM, M19349) of dimensions 89, 434, 1934) Cell... Jose a 5.47, = Oruro, mine, ; Oruro, Bolivia Pattern of zincian stannite (1637) is perceptibly...by M. A. Peacock on material from Montserrat, Bolivia, as com- c = or hkil 14.31 sphalerite (3C)...similar patterns given by materials from Montserrat, Bolivia (ROM, M16390), and Pribram, Bohemia (ROM, M7406)
 
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