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Minerals

Larosite

larosite

(Cu,Ag)21PbBiS13

Metallic microinclusions of the extremely rare Ag mineral larosite from the type locality in Foster mine (Foster Mine, Coleman Township, Cobalt, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada) in a matrix of chalcosine, in an analyzed specimen by SEM/EDS by the former owner of the specimen (the Vandenbroucke Museum) but the analysis is no longer available. Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

David Hospital / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

Overview

Larosite is a mineral species (sulfosalt mineral). Nickel–Strunz class: 2.LB.35.

Scientific references

  1. Larosite — Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3827114 Link