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Bornite & Silver

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Description
Locality: 
San Martín Mine, San Martín, Sombrerete Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 3.4 × 2.3 cm
Description

Sheet of native silver with attached metallic bornite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bornite

Formula: 
Cu5FeS4
Strunz: 
2.BA.15
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

Silver

Formula: 
Ag
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0