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Tetrahedrite

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Description
Locality: 
Georg Mine, Willroth, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 4 × 3.5 cm
Description

A very interesting epitaxy/oriented growth of pyrite/chalcopyrite on tetrahedrite. Beautiful under the microscope, comes with an old label from 1974. There is no calcite on the specimen but quartz.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tetrahedrite

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