Mineralpedia Details for Uchucchacuaite
Uchucchacuaite
Named for the Uchuc-Chacua deposit, now the Uchucchuacua mine, in Cajatambo, Peru where Uchucchuacuaite gets its type locality and one of only two confirmed worldwide localities. It occurs in Peru “in a telescoped polymetallic hydrothermal deposit.”
Ref. Handbook of Mineralogy, Anthony et al (1995) and MSA at http://www.handbookofmineralogy.org/pdfs/uchucchacuaite.pdf
- Formula
- AgMnPb3Sb5S12
- Crystal System
- Orthorhombic
- Crystal Habit
- Anhedral Grains, Twinning Common
- Luster
- Metallic
- Color
- lead gray
- Class
- Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
- Hardness
- 3.5
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Uchucchacuaite from Bear Basin #4 mine, KIng Co., Washington, United States
Micro grey crystals to less than 0.5mm on Rhodochrosite.
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Uchucchacuaite from Uchucchacua mine, Oyon prov., Lima dept., Peru
Steel-gray grains of Uchucchacuaite to 2mm in white Calcite matrix.
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