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Tetrahedrite Rhodochrosite & Bournonite

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Tetrahedrite Rhodochrosite & Bournonite

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Description
Locality: 
Pachapaqui District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department, Peru
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
16.4 × 11 × 5.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.50cm
Description

Sharp, black and brass colored, shiny tetrahedrite crystals with some black bournonite and sphalerite crystals, colorless quartz, minor pyrite and brownish rhodochrosite crystal aggregates. Only a few dings, but still a large and showy specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tetrahedrite

Formula: 
Cu6[Cu4(Fe,Zn)2]Sb4S13
Strunz: 
2.GB.05
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Rhodochrosite

Formula: 
MnCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Cavnic Mine (Kapnikbánya), Cavnic (Kapnic; Kapnik), Maramureș Co., Romania

Bournonite

Formula: 
PbCuSbS3
Strunz: 
2.GA.50
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Wheal Boys (Trewetha Mine; Old Trewetha Mine), Port Isaac, St Endellion, Wadebridge District, Cornwall, England, UK

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