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Bournonite

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Bournonite

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Description
Locality: 
Pachapaqui District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department, Peru
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11 × 11 × 5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Weight: 
972.00gr
Description

Hundreds of intergrown ( mostly untwinned) bournonite crystals on a quartz crystal/sulphide matrix

Older specimen from an Italian collection, probably 60s/70s

Excellent display specimen - note shipping weight

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

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