Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Mawsonite

Views:
Watches:
SKY905401

Mawsonite

Rare Mineral

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Mount Lyell Mines, Queenstown, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.5 × 0.3 × 0.3 cm
Description

Orange brown veinlet of the very rare Cu-Fe-Sn sulphide mineral mawsonite from the type locality in Tasmania in a matrix of massive chalcopyrite.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mawsonite

Formula: 
Cu6Fe2SnS8
Strunz: 
2.CB.20
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Royal George mine, Swinton, Tingha, Hardinge Co., New South Wales, Australia

Seller Information

Payment options: offline, paypal_wpp, paypal_wps