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Bournonite

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Bournonite

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Description
Locality: 
Mine #6, Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.3 × 5.8 × 3.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Description

A significant European bournonite, with finely-formed crystals to one cm in length, on a sparkly pyritic matrix.

This specimen is really rich and large for the locale and was found in 1989.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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