| Locality type: | Mine |
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| 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 |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | XRD |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Quartz | ⓘ7 photos of Diaphorite associated with Quartz at this locality. |
| Sphalerite | ⓘ2 photos of Diaphorite associated with Sphalerite at this locality. |
| Rhodochrosite | ⓘ1 photo of Diaphorite associated with Rhodochrosite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| 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 Gallery | View Gallery (23 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 20573 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:20573:9 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | e07ff54c-2835-4ed7-b7e9-f0b6c4e0c93a |
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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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Silver tunnel, Van Silver Property, Brandywine Creek, Vancouver Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada