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Bournonite

ex Pearl Freeman coll

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Description
Locality: 
Quiruvilca Mine, Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, Libertad Department, Peru
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 7 × 4 cm
Weight: 
322.00gr
Description

Mirror bright bournonite twins  with lenticular calcite on matrix from Quiruvilca

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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
Provenance

Pearl Freeman Collection

Wed, 2015-07-22 22:52 -- admin
Some History
Dates: 
Post War- 
2011
Type: 
Collector/Collection
Specialisms: 
Baryte, United Kingdom, Peru, Sulphides
About

Pearl and her husband Sid were enthusiastic mineral collectors for several decades; Pearl was also long time treasurer of the British...

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