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


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Stephanite
Formula:Ag5SbS4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Stephanite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Colquechaca, Colquechaca Municipality, Chayanta Province, Potosí, Bolivia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:42250
Long-form Identifier:1:3:42250:3
GUID (UUID V4):882b8b05-0748-4593-96cc-62d87ddbd9de
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
Report (issue)
pyrargyrite, pyrostilpnite, xanthoconite, sternbergite, stephanite, pyrite, nickel-skutterudite, dolomite, calcite...Omidani mine, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. At Colquechaca, Potosí, Bolivia. In the Silvana mine, Sandon, British
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
fine specimens associated with well-crystallized stephanite have been available in recent years from the...arsenpolybasite (Ag,Cu)16(As,Sb)2S11. Pseudomorphs of stephanite, silver, pyrite, and marcasite after polybasite...Commonly associated minerals include pyrargyrite, stephanite, tetrahedrite and other silver and lead sulfosalts;...small aggregates, occasionally associated with stephanite, in ores of the Eagle mine at Gilman, Eagle County...1. A 1.6-cm polybasite crystal and associated stephanite (background grain) typical of the best small
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
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...photo. Figure 26. Andorite, 3.7 cm across, Omro, Bolivia. Terry Wallace specimen, Wendell Wilson photo....on the order of 1 cm across and come from Colquechaca, Bolivia. Although both of these minerals are known
Report (issue)
589(1) Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Machacamarca, Bolivia. 3.02 (100), 1.863 (50), 2.66 (40), 3.14 (30),...Total 99.95 99.68 100.00 (1) Chocaya, Bolivia. (2) Aullagas, Bolivia. (3) Ag8 GeS6 . Polymorphism & Series:...high-temperature Sn–Ag deposits (Bolivia). Association: Canfieldite, stephanite, acanthite, pyrargyrite, polybasite... At a number of localities in Bolivia, including Aullagas, Colquechaca, Potosı́, Oruro, Porco, Chocaya...Korea. From Shuiji, Fujian Province, and in the Baiguoyuan deposit, Hubei Province, China. Name: From the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
associated with proustite, acanthite, tetrahedrite, stephanite, miargyrite, polybasite, silver, calcite, dolomite...mine (crystals to 5 x 6 x 14 cm associated with stephanite). South American pyrargyrite occurrences are...(crystals to 2 cm) and the Millotingo mine, Huarochiri Province (somewhat dull crystals to 3 cm long). Stout simple...to 6 cm were found in mines of the Colquechaca district, Bolivia, where they occurred with equally impressive...in the Tornohuaico mine at Porco. A suite of Colquechaca specimens containing light-darkened pyrargyrite
Report (issue)
16.37 Total 99.29 98.33 100.00 (1) Aullagas, Bolivia. (2) Revelstoke, Canada; by electron microprobe...sequence. Association: Argyrodite, pyrargyrite, stephanite, acanthite, polybasite, freibergite, stannite...Distribution: In Bolivia, exceptional crystals from the Gallofa vein, Aullagas, near Colquechaca, and at the...Pirquitas deposit, Riconada Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina. In Canada, from about 33 km northeast...Prefecture, Japan. At Shuiji, Jianyang Co., Fujian Province, China. From the Karamken Au–Ag deposit, Okhotsk
Report (issue)
Stephanite c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Ag5 SbS4 Crystal Data: Orthorhombic. Point...south of Copiapó, Atacama, Chile. In Bolivia, from Colquechaca, Potosı́. At San Cristobal, Peru. From...Ilyukhin, and N.V. Belov (1969) Crystal structure of stephanite. Doklady Acad. Nauk SSSR, 188, 342–344 (in Russian)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
this composition. The relatively common mineral stephanite (AgsSbS4) was not formed as a synthetic product...D T A and X-ray data show that at 197 i 5 o C stephanite decomposes in the absence of sulfur to form pyrargyrite...absence of the common silver sulfosalt minerals stephanite and pyrostilpnite, in this and previous studies...synthetic system are well known minerals; however, stephanite and pyrostilpnlte were not formed as synthetic...most commonly associated with native silver, stephanite, or pyrargyrite. The System Ag-Sb--S from 600
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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...silver from the Cobrizos mine at San Cristobal in province NorLipez, have been presented by Sefor F. Avelino...Portugaletc in the province Sud-Chichas, and from the tin and bismuth mines at Tasna in province Nor-Chichas...in the silver lodes of Tatasi and Portugalete, Bolivia.' Trans. Inst. Mining and Metallurgy, London, 1899
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Rayas and Torres mines. Associated minerals are stephanite, polybasite, pyrargyrite, galena, quartz, fluorapophyllite...crystals to 5 cm, associated with polybasite, stephanite, pearceite, native silver, silver halides, pyrite...acanthite crystals were once saved from mines at Colquechaca, Bolivia, and Chaiiarcillo and other camps in the
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)
yes Cinnabar Argentite yes polysynthetic Stephanite Briartite bright red in fine aggregates Kermesite...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 (edition)
Emplectite II/E.04-20 464 Polybasite II/E.05-50 466 Stephanite II/E.06-10 468 Proustite II/E.07-10 470 Pyrargyrite...(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
Report (volume)
Mountains, Germany; Copiapo, Chile; and Colquechaca, Bolivia; and the pitchblende-bearing sulfide veins...absent. The Hiaco (Pacajake) silver mine near Colquechaca, Bolivia, and the silver-lead selenide vein at Cerro...minerales de Bolivia : Bilbao, Banco Minero de Bolivia y Corporacion Minera de Bolivia, p. 223-224. The...region, 25 kilometers east southeast of Colquechaca, Bolivia, was discovered in 1935. The deposit is...achavalite are described. At Sierra de Umango, La Rioja Province, umangite, klockmannite, eucairite, berzelianite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
deposits of Miocene age in the Eastern Cordillera in Bolivia were studied by ICP/MS and EPMA for major and minor...concentration of trace amounts of indium. Keywords: Bolivia, indium, petrukite, polymetallic, Potosi, sphalerite...Paz PERU Oruro Sn-polymetallic ore belt Arica BOLIVIA Potosi CHILE Lake Uyuni Border Cities Atocha...terrains of Japan (Ishihara et al., 2006) and Bolivia (Ishihara & Murakami, 2008a). The total indium...(Sinclair et al., 2006). Tin-polymetallic deposits in Bolivia (Fig. 1) appear to be one of the major source regions
Book
cementation origin in association with acanthite, stephanite, proustite, pyrargyrite, copper and many other...Republic. Masses weighing several kg found in Bolivia (Tasna, Velaque) and Australia (Kingsgate, New...with silver, proustite, pyrargyrite, polybasite, stephanite, galena and other minerals in Mexico. Probably...Hydrothermal in ore veins, together with silver, stephanite, proustite, pearceite, calcite and quartz. The...also found in several localities in Bolivia (Atoche, Colquechaca, Potosi). Crystal measuring 60 mm (24
Journal (issue)
amazonite andsmokyquartzfrom SnowCappocket. Stephanite - Fifth in a Series Bill Shelton & Jeff Fast...question has been raised regarding the rarity of stephanite vs. polybasite (see previous article) and no...at Sarbay in Kazakhstan (Pekov et al., 1997) stephanite is clearly less common. The opposite situation...documented in our previous article. Crystals of stephanite are relatively simple to identify, assuming you...2006 Mineral News --------------------------- Stephanite 3---- Twinning and False Symmetry Among minerals
Book
cementation origin in association with acanthite, stephanite, proustite, pyrargyrite, copper and many other...Republic. Masses weighing several kg found in Bolivia (Tasna, Velaque) and Australia (Kingsgate, New...with silver, proustite, pyrargyrite, polybasite, stephanite. galena and other minerals in Mexico. Probably...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:
Book
.................. .42 3.1.6 Pirquitas, Jujuy Province, Argentina ..................................... 58 3.2.7 Maranda J, Murchison belt, Northern Province, South Africa ........... 59 VIII Table of...4.12 Carguaicollu, Oruro, Cordillera Oriental, Bolivia ............................ 89 3.4.13 Bolivar...Occidental, Bolivia ............ 89 3.4.14 Huari-Huari, Potosi, Cordillera Oriental, Bolivia ............Occidental, Bolivia ......... 91 3.4.16 San Vicente, Uyuni, Cordillera Oriental, Bolivia ...........
Journal (issue)
crystal cluster, 7.3 cm, from near Bapu, Guangdong Province, China. Rob Lavinsky specimen, now in the Tom...Stewart D. Redwood Casilla 13385, La Paz, Bolivia Bolivia is fortunate to have had the lifetime services...country of Bolivia, he published numerous works on the geology and mineral deposits of Bolivia, many of...the first geological and mineral deposit maps of Bolivia. The mineral ahlfeldite, a hydrated nickel selenite...selenite discovered at the Pacajake mine in Bolivia, was named in his honor in 1935. Federico Ahlfeld was
Catalog/List
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