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Binnite & Wurtzite

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Binnite & Wurtzite

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Description
Locality: 
Lengenbach Quarry, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.4 × 2.1 × 1.6 cm
Description

a black lustrous binnite crystal with several red brown platy wurtzite crystals on dolomite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Binnite

Variety Of: 

Tennantite

Formula: 
Cu6[Cu4(Fe,Zn)2]As4S13
Strunz: 
2.GB.05
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.5

Wurtzite

Formula: 
(Zn,Fe)S
Strunz: 
2.CB.45
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
Brown
Type Locality: 
San José Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia