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Bournonite & Quartz

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Bournonite & Quartz

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Madem-Lakko Mine, Cassandra Mines, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
15.7 × 10.4 × 4 cm
Description

Old and rich, excellent Greek bournonite from this classic and closed locality. The piece hosts dozens of bournonite crystals on a contrasting white quartz bed. Impossible to find such specimens nowadays from Greece. Please check the shipping costs before bidding.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Quartz

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

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