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Tennantite

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Description
Locality: 
Kipushi Mine, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 3.2 × 2.3 cm
Description

Lustrous massive blackish tennantite with pyrite and minor chalcopyrite. Uncommon specimen for this locality, barely present in collections. With old label.

Ex. Achiel Moors specimen, a Belgian colonist in the D.R.Congo from 1957 to 1972.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tennantite

Formula: 
Cu6[Cu4(Fe,Zn)2]As4S13
Strunz: 
2.GB.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Cornwall, England, UK

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