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Tetrahedrite

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Description
Locality: 
Botești, Zlatna, Alba County, Romania
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 7.5 × 3 cm
Description

This is a very fine tetrahedrite specimen from the famous Botes mine in Romania.

Tetrahedrite is not very common at the mine and this specimen shows beautiful and lustrous, sharp crystals up to 1 cm on matrix.

Ex Alex Franz collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tetrahedrite

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