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


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Kruťaite

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

El Dragón mine, Porco Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Kruťaite
Formula:CuSe2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Clausthalite78
Klockmannite65
Penroseite60
Goethite53
Chalcopyrite45
Watkinsonite23
Chalcomenite23
Eldragónite20
Petrovicite20
Umangite18
Covellite17
Quijarroite17
Vaesite15
Quartz15
Molybdomenite12
Hansblockite11
Native Gold11
Cerromojonite9
Grundmannite8
Native Selenium8
Nickeltyrrellite8
Favreauite8
Petříčekite8
Lepidocrocite7
Olsacherite6
Alfredopetrovite5
Pyrite5
Allophane4
Felsőbányaite4
Dolomite4
- var Iron-bearing Dolomite2
Eskebornite3
Marcasite3
Malachite2
Trogtalite2
Ahlfeldite2
White mica1
Athabascaite1
Tiemannite1
Cerussite1
Muscovite1
Graphite1
Hematite1
Kerstenite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Kruťaite data
Locality Data:Click here to view El Dragón mine, Porco Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia
Photo GalleryView Gallery (26 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:6717
Long-form Identifier:1:3:6717:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Schnorrer-Köhler, Günther, Grundmann, Günter, Lehrberger, Gerhard (1990) The El Dragón Mine, Potosí, Bolivia. The Mineralogical Record, 21 (2) 133-146pp.133-133
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
Yang, Hexiong, Gu, Xiangping, McGlasson, James A., Gibbs, Ronald B., Downs, Robert T. (2024) Guangyuanite, Pb3Cl3(Se4+O3)(OH), a new lead-chloride-selenite mineral from the El Dragón mine, Potosí, Bolivia. Mineralogical Magazine, 88. 97-104 doi:10.1180/mgm.2023.93
 
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