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


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Favreauite

El Dragón mine, Porco Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia
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Favreauite

El Dragón mine, Porco Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia
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Favreauite

El Dragón mine, Porco Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia
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Favreauite

El Dragón mine, Porco Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia
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Favreauite

El Dragón mine, Porco Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia
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Favreauite

El Dragón mine, Porco Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia
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Favreauite

El Dragón mine, Porco Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia
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Favreauite

El Dragón mine, Porco Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia
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Favreauite

El Dragón mine, Porco Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia
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Favreauite

El Dragón mine, Porco Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia
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Favreauite

El Dragón mine, Porco Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia
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Favreauite

El Dragón mine, Porco Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Favreauite
Formula:PbBiCu6O4(SeO3)4(OH) · H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Goethite26
Clausthalite17
Chalcomenite11
Kruťaite8
Luxembourgite7
Chalcopyrite7
Athabascaite5
Watkinsonite4
Quartz4
Vaesite3
Felsőbányaite3
Native Gold2
Penroseite2
Grundmannite2
Dolomite1
Schmiederite1
Klockmannite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Favreauite data
Locality Data:Click here to view El Dragón mine, Porco Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia
Photo GalleryView Gallery (25 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:892827
Long-form Identifier:1:3:892827:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Mills, Stuart J., Kampf, Anthony R., Christy, Andrew G., Housley, Robert M., Thorne, Brent, Chen, Yu-Sheng, Steele, Ian M. (2014) Favreauite, a new selenite mineral from the El Dragón mine, Bolivia. European Journal of Mineralogy, 26 (6) 771-781 doi:10.1127/ejm/2014/0026-2405
Mills, S.J. (2014) Un hommage à la contribution de Georges FAVREAU à la minéralogie: favreauite, un nouveau minéral de la mine El Dragón, Bolivie. Cahier des Micromonteurs: 124: 36-39.
Grundmann, Günter, Förster, Hans-Jürgen (2017) Origin of the El Dragón Selenium Mineralization, Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia. Minerals, 7 (5) 68 doi:10.3390/min7050068
 
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