Silesite (original) (raw)

A material that is NOT an approved mineral species

Name:

After Hernando Siles, a former President of Bolivia.

A supposed silicate of tin that is probably a mixture as indicated.

Fine-grained, horny, often fibrous, concretionary aggregates. Porous, resembling chalcedony.

Unique IdentifiersHide

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Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:29912:3

5f050b69-0e70-4707-88ba-2bcf7c131eda

Physical Properties of SilesiteHide

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Other Language Names for SilesiteHide

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Health Risks:

No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

References for SilesiteHide

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Pauly (1926), Centralblatt für Mineralogie: 44.

Palache, Charles, Harry Berman & Clifford Frondel (1944), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana Yale University 1837-1892, Volume I: Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts, Oxides. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York. 7th edition, revised and enlarged: 579-580.

Ahlfeld, F., and Munoz Reyes, J. (1955) Las Especies Minerales de Bolivia, page 168.

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Localities for SilesiteHide

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- This locality has map coordinates listed. - This locality has estimated coordinates. ⓘ - Click for references and further information on this occurrence. ? - Indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. - Good crystals or important locality for species. - World class for species or very significant. (TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties). Struck out - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality. Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (e.g. from pseudomorphs).

All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.