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Petrukite Sakuraiite Stannite & Sphalerite

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Petrukite Sakuraiite Stannite & Sphalerite

David Burgess Collection
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Description
Locality: 
Ikuno Mine, Asago, Hyogo Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 2.1 × 0.8 cm
Description

You are bidding on a polished, prepared, analyzed slab with several rare metallics in sphalerite matrix. Petrukite, sakuraiite and stannite are present with petrukite being the rare highlight here. David Burgess collection from Pequa minerals. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Petrukite

Formula: 
(Cu,Fe,Zn,Ag)3(Sn,In)S4
Strunz: 
2.KA.05
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Herb Claim, Turnagain River area, Liard Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Sakuraiite

Formula: 
(Cu,Zn,Fe)3(In,Sn)S4
Strunz: 
2.CB.05b
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Ikuno mine, Ikuno-cho-ono, Asago City, Hyogo Prefecture, Kinki Region, Honshu Island, Japan

Stannite

Formula: 
Cu2(Fe,Zn)SnS4
Strunz: 
2.CB.15a
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
West Wheal Kitty (Wheal Rock), West Wheal Kitty group, St Agnes, St Agnes District, Cornwall, England, UK

Sphalerite

Formula: 
ZnS
Strunz: 
2.CB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

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