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Tetrahedrite On Siderite & Quartz

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Tetrahedrite On Siderite & Quartz

Classic Locality

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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: 
9.2 × 6.5 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.30cm
Description

This is another Super Classic specimen that we propose this week in our auction. It features bright tetrahedrite crystals of on a matrix of yellow lenticular siderite and transparent quartz.

With a handwritten label of the German collector Manfred Fabig, who obtained it from Erich Lück on September 27th, 1964.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tetrahedrite

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

Siderite

Formula: 
FeCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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