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Owyheeite

Year of discovery: 1921 (Poorman mine, USA), 1983 (Japan)

Locality list: 3 localities of owyheeite

• Ag₃Pb₁₀Sb₁₁S₂₈
• Ag_3+xPb_10-2xSb_11+xS₂₈
• [Ag⁺₃][Pb²⁺₁₀][Sb³⁺₁₁][S₂₈]^56-
• x=(-0.13)-(+0.20)

• Class: Zinkenite subgroup < Zinkenite group < Rod-type Pb sulfosalts < Sulfosalt class
• Class: Sulfosalt

• Color: Light gray, Silver white
• Tarnish: Yellow
• Streak: Gray, Reddish brown
• Luster: Metallic
• Diaphaneity: Opaque

• Habit: Fibrous
• Aggregate: Felted
• Striation: [001]

• Cleavage: Perfect on {001} (1 plane)
• Hardness: 2.5
• Density: 6.0

• System: Monoclinic
• Group: 2/m, P2₁/b
• Lattice: a=4.1, b=27.3, c=22.9, β=90.4

Etymology: Owyhee county in Idaho state, USA