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Tetrahedrite Pyrite & Albite

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Tetrahedrite Pyrite & Albite

Collected by John & Robert Lawson April 1999
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Tomnadashan Copper Mine, Wester Tullich, Loch Tay, Scotland, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 3.6 × 2.6 cm
Weight: 
66.00gr
Description

Matrix with cavities containing grey tetrahedrite/tennantite crystals with golden pyrite crystals and a few unusual, small, pink albite crystals. E6

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tetrahedrite

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

Pyrite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Finnbo (Finbo), Falun, Dalarna, Sweden

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