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Tetrahedrite Bournonite & Pyrite

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Tetrahedrite Bournonite & Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Quiruvilca Mine, Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, Libertad Department, Peru
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 3.7 × 2.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.50cm
Description

Dark gray to jet black tetrahedrite crystals, accompanied by little brass-colored pyrite crystals on one side, very shiny large bournonite crystals up to 1.5 cm on the other side.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tetrahedrite

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

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

Pyrite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5

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