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Stannite Bournonite Fluorite & Quartz

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Stannite Bournonite Fluorite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.5 × 15 × 9 cm
Description

A cluster of milky quartz crystals and colourless fluorite cubes hosting metallic grey stannite and bournonite crystals and minor arsenopyrite and muscovite blades

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Stannite

Formula: 
Cu2(Fe,Zn)SnS4
Strunz: 
2.CB.15a
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
West Wheal Kitty (Wheal Rock), West Wheal Kitty group, St Agnes, St Agnes District, Cornwall, England, UK

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

Fluorite

Formula: 
CaF2
Strunz: 
3.AB.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White