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Stannite & Montebrasite

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Stannite & Montebrasite

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Description
Locality: 
Vernéřov, Aš, Cheb District, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.1 × 7 × 5 cm
Description

Black-gray metallic grains with of stannite with snow white montebrasite in gray quartz matrix.

Free shipping up to 1 kg (2 lbs), if conditions met (see the auction header).

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Stannite

Formula: 
Cu2(Fe,Zn)SnS4
Strunz: 
2.CB.15a
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
West Wheal Kitty (Wheal Rock), West Wheal Kitty group, St Agnes, St Agnes District, Cornwall, England, UK

Montebrasite

Formula: 
LiAl(PO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BB.05
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Montebras Mines, Montebras, Soumans, Creuse, Limousin, France