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Diaphorite from
Silver tunnel, Van Silver Property, Brandywine Creek, Vancouver Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada


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Diaphorite

Silver tunnel, Van Silver Property, Brandywine Creek, Vancouver Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
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Diaphorite

Silver tunnel, Van Silver Property, Brandywine Creek, Vancouver Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
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Diaphorite, etc.

Silver tunnel, Van Silver Property, Brandywine Creek, Vancouver Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
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Diaphorite

Silver tunnel, Van Silver Property, Brandywine Creek, Vancouver Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
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Diaphorite

Silver tunnel, Van Silver Property, Brandywine Creek, Vancouver Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
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Diaphorite

Silver tunnel, Van Silver Property, Brandywine Creek, Vancouver Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
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Diaphorite, etc.

Silver tunnel, Van Silver Property, Brandywine Creek, Vancouver Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
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Diaphorite

Silver tunnel, Van Silver Property, Brandywine Creek, Vancouver Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
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Diaphorite

Silver tunnel, Van Silver Property, Brandywine Creek, Vancouver Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
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Diaphorite

Silver tunnel, Van Silver Property, Brandywine Creek, Vancouver Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
01128020017272020627327.jpg
Diaphorite, etc.

Silver tunnel, Van Silver Property, Brandywine Creek, Vancouver Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
05309830017272020654595.jpg
Diaphorite

Silver tunnel, Van Silver Property, Brandywine Creek, Vancouver Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Diaphorite
Formula:Ag3Pb2Sb3S8
Formation:Primary
Comments:At least three terminal forms that distinguish it from freieslebenite. Close to Brogniardite.
Habit:Terminated prisms , ocassionally twinned to several mm
Colour:black, often with irridescent tarnish
Quality for species:Good crystals or rich for species - important (!)
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:XRD
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz7
Sphalerite2
Rhodochrosite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Diaphorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Silver tunnel, Van Silver Property, Brandywine Creek, Vancouver Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
Photo GalleryView Gallery (21 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:20573
Long-form Identifier:1:3:20573:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Woodside, R. M., Soregaroli, Arthur E., Ansell, H. Gary, Twaites, B. L., Balacko, T. W. (2000) Rare Sulfosalts from the Van Silver Mine, British Columbia, in May - June 2000. The Mineralogical Record, 31 (3) Tucson. 219-229
 
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