Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Tetrahedrite & Manganoan Calcite

Views:
Watches:
MGR924186

Tetrahedrite & Manganoan Calcite

Classic Locality

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Cavnic Mine, Maramureș County, Romania
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 5.3 × 3 cm
Description

Highly lustrous isolated tetrahedrire crystals set in the center of sparkling light pink calcite. Tetrahedrite in this fantastic quality came not very often and the combination with manganoan calcite makes it very special.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tetrahedrite

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

Manganoan Calcite

Variety Of: 

Calcite

Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
3.0
Formula: 
(Ca,Mn)CO3
Hardness: 
0.0