Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Tennantite

Views:
Watches:
CR66008

Tennantite

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 5 × 4.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.50cm
Description

Large tennantite crystals with good terminations with gemmy quartz crystals.

A old specimen form Walter Rieger collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tennantite

Formula: 
Cu6[Cu4(Fe,Zn)2]As4S13
Strunz: 
2.GB.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Cornwall, England, UK