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Jamesonite

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Jamesonite

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Locality: 
Noche Buena Mine, Noche Buena, Mazapil Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 4 × 3.5 cm
Description

A ver old and rich specimen from the collection of Franz Bauer, Muich, Germany - this one quite hard to obtain: a rich specimen of acicular jamesonite, a mass of thousands of tiny grey hair-like crystals, on matrix. Old 1960s material.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Jamesonite

Formula: 
Pb4FeSb6S14
Strunz: 
2.HB.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Cornwall, England, UK