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Tennantite

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Tennantite

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Description
Locality: 
Dzhezkazgan Mine, Dzhezkazgan, Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 4.5 × 2.7 cm
Description

A very good quality, sharp and lustrous black-silvery colored crystals of tennantite on aa bed of gemmy colorless quartz crystals from Dzhezkazgan.

The attractive crystal faces combined with the wonderful form is very desirable for the species.

Ex Armin Wendland 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