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Tennantite & Galena

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Tennantite & Galena

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 1.5 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.40cm
Description

Fine and aesthetic specimen with all around ideally-formed tennantite crystal on matrix in association with indistinct crystallized galena aggregates. Typical association, whereby crystalline galena from tsumeb is not very common. The tennantite crystal reaches to a size of 1.4 centimetre by the edge.

Comes from the famous Tsumeb Mine. Old collection specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tennantite

Formula: 
Cu6[Cu4(Fe,Zn)2]As4S13
Strunz: 
2.GB.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Cornwall, England, UK

Galena

Formula: 
PbS
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Lead-grey
Streak: 
Lead-grey

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