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Arsenopyrite Bournonite & Pyrite

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Arsenopyrite Bournonite & Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Stan Terg Mine, Trepča, Mitrovica District, Kosovo
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 4.6 × 2.5 cm
Description

One i really like!! A wonderful sulfide specimen with arsenopyrite grown as needles, bournonite and pyrite on massive matrix of pyrite. I am sure you will find more Minerals-look at the label. Collected 1980, original label.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Arsenopyrite

Formula: 
FeAsS
Strunz: 
2.EB.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0

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

Pyrite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5