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Tetrahedrite On Rhodochrosite

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Tetrahedrite On Rhodochrosite

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Description
Locality: 
Boldut Mine, Cavnic, Maramureș County, Romania
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
14.8 × 10.5 × 5 cm
Weight: 
1 182.00gr
Description

A lot of very good, shiny black tetrahedrite with minor needle quartz crystals on rhodochrosite (with kutnohorite?). The rhodochrosite matrix contains sphalerite and pyrite.

The base is sawn.

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

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