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⇱ Olsacherite from El Dragón mine, Porco Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia


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Olsacherite from
El Dragón mine, Porco Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia

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Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Olsacherite
Formula:Pb2(Se6+O4)(SO4)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Molybdomenite8
Goethite6
Native Selenium6
Kruťaite6
Petříčekite4
Clausthalite3
Chalcopyrite2
Covellite2
Chalcomenite1
Alfredopetrovite1
Allophane1
Clinochalcomenite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Olsacherite data
Locality Data:Click here to view El Dragón mine, Porco Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia
Photo GalleryView Gallery (11 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:41521
Long-form Identifier:1:3:41521:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Origin of the El Dragón Selenium Mineralization, Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia Günter Grundmann...April 2017 Abstract: A re-examination of the El Dragón vein-type Se deposit using polarized light microscopy...by volcanic-hydrothermal activities around the Porco caldera, formation of the mineralization involved...endmember penroseite; vaesite; genetic sequence; El Dragón; Bolivia 1. Introduction Research on selenium minerals...for the two selenium occurrences in the Andes of Bolivia: Virgen de Surumi (also known as “Pacajake”) [12
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cu6BiSe4(Se2), A NEW MINERAL SPECIES FROM THE EL DRAGÓN MINE, POTOSÍ, BOLIVIA, AND ITS CRYSTAL STRUCTURE Werner H...selenides at the El Dragón mine, Province of Quijarro, Department of Potosí, Bolivia. It forms inclusions...structure, El Dragón mine, Quijarro, Potosí, Bolivia. Introduction The Andean mountain ranges of Bolivia and...mineralization. Bolivia is famous for two selenide occurrences: El Dragón, province of Quijarro, and Pacajake...Hiaco de Charcas, both in the Department of Potosí. At El Dragón, Grundmann et al. (1990) described a single
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
selenite (schmiederite), selenate and sulphate (olsacherite), and selenate and iodate (carlosruizite). This...selenite (schmiederite), selenate and sulphate (olsacherite), and selenate and iodate (carlosruizite). Any...Volcanic fumaroles [5] 1 Vergasova et al. (2014) Olsacherite Orlandiite Pb2(SeO4)(SO4) Pb3(SeО3)Cl4⋅H2О ...Cacheuta Mine, Mendoza, Argentina; 2 – Virgen de Surumi mine, Potosí Department, Bolivia; 3 – El Dragón mine...mine, Potosí Department, Bolivia; 4 – Iron Monarch open cut, South Australia; 5 – Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
new mineral from the Se mineralization at El Dragón (Bolivia) HANS-JÜRGEN FÖRSTER1,*, LUCA BINDI2, CHRIS...Hg)(Bi,Pb)Se2, is a new selenide from the El Dragόn mine, Bolivia. It typically occurs in thin subparallel...crystal structure, selenium, El Dragόn, Bolivia. Introduction THE Andes of Bolivia host two volumetrically...district of Hiaco de Charcas, and El Dragόn, Province of Antonio Quijarro, both in the *E-mail: hans-juergen...Society Department of Potosí. The geology and ore mineralization of the El Dragόn mine was first explored
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Cacheuta Vein-Type Se Mineralization, Mendoza Province, Argentina Günter Grundmann 1 and Hans-Jürgen...Cacheuta vein-type Se mineralization in the Mendoza Province predominantly consists of clausthalite, klockmannite...from Cacheuta from Argentinian Se deposits in the Province of La Rioja: (I) trachytic host rock fragments...in the Sierra de Cacheuta district, also known as el Cerro de Cacheuta, Minerals 2018, 8, 127; doi:10... Minerals 2018, 8, 127 2 of 22 in the Mendoza Province. Sierra de Cacheuta is the type locality of achavalite
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Selenium-rich secondary minerals from the Baccu Locci mine (Sardinia, Italy) Italo Campostrini and Carlo M...Selenium-rich secondary minerals from the Baccu Locci mine (Sardinia, Italy). – N. Jb. Miner. Abh. (177): 37–...oxysalts, such as francisite, mandarinoite, olsacherite, schmiederite and selenium-rich varieties of...sulfur have been observed in the old lead – arsenic mine at Baccu Locci, near Villaputzu, Sardinia (Italy)...chemistry. Introduction In the last years, the old mine at Baccu Locci near Villaputzu, Sardinia, has attained
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the south part of the Koashva open pit (Vostochnyi mine), Mt. Koashva, Khibiny alkaline complex in Kola...andorite homeotypic series from the Monte Arsiccio mine, Apuan Alps. European Journal of Mineralogy, 30...Arsiccio mine, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Tuscany, Italy (43°58′16″N, 10°17′05″E). The Monte Arsiccio mine exploited...knowledge of magmatic activity in the Tuscan Magmatic Province and the related ore deposits, in particular, the...arsenic analogue of medaite, from the Molinello mine, Liguria, Italy: occurrence and crystal structure
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Journal (issue)
Thirty-four, Number Four Articles The El Desierto sulfur mine, Potosí, Bolivia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....of the Mazarrón-Águilas mining district, Murcia Province, Spain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...mineral localities: The Pacajake selenium mine, Potosí, Bolivia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....1980 when he paid me a visit at the Jacupiranga mine; somehow he had learned of my mineralogical researches...studies of the mineralogy of the now-famous Brumado mine in Bahia, recovering countless superb crystal specimens
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Cu4(SeO3)(SO4)(OH)4·2H2O, a new mineral from the Santa Rosa mine, Darwin district, California, USA A. R. KAMPF1,*...Cu4(SeO3)(SO4)(OH)4·2H2O, is a new mineral from the Santa Rosa mine, Darwin district, Inyo County, California, USA,...pauladamsite, new mineral, crystal structure, Santa Rosa mine, Darwin district, California, USA. Introduction...new Cu-sulfate-selenite mineral at the Santa Rosa mine in California’s Darwin mining district is of special...paragenesis The new mineral occurs at the Santa Rosa mine, Darwin district, Inyo County, California, USA.
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Report (issue)
white areas). Sample is from the Buckskin National Mine, Humboldt County, Nevada. Photograph by Peter Vikre...............................................Q26 Mine Waste Characteristics.............................1989). The total U.S. supply was always higher than mine production during this period, with a high of 831...as indicated in fig Q3.) The difference between mine production and total supply was owing to the refineries’...of selenium-rich high-grade ores from the Horne Mine at Noranda, Quebec, Canada; by 1950, Canada’s production
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Report (issue)
.B3 Graph showing dates associated with all the mine sites on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s...production, U.S. apparent consumption, and U.S. mine production of antimony from 1900 to 2012............................F2 Graph showing world cobalt mine and refinery production and apparent consumption.....................F2 Graph showing world cobalt mine production from 1950 to 2011......................F4. Pie chart showing percentage of world cobalt mine production in 2011, by country.................
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