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Bournonite

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Bournonite

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Description
Locality: 
Herodsfoot Mine, Lanreath, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 9 × 4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.20cm
Weight: 
160.00gr
Description

A specimen of grey killas matrix with one side largely covered in crystalline bournonite intermixed with minor pyrite and quartz. There are a couple of vugs hosting a few bournonite crystals of varying habits, some of the crystalline bournonite has an attractive iridescent tarnish.

Condition
General: 
Good - locality specimen
Main Display: 
Fair - some contacts/broken crystals
Lustre: 
Bright metallic
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

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