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Bournonite

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Bournonite

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Description
Locality: 
La Sanguinede mine, Les Malines, Saint-Laurent-le-Minier, Gard, Occitanie, France
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 6.8 × 3.4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.50cm
Description

This locality historically produced beautiful bournonite specimens.

Lustrous crystals of bournonite, to 2.5 cm in length, make a 3-dimensional cluster on this specimen.

Very attractive old time specimen from Dr. Georg Gebhard collection.

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