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Tetrahedrite & Siderite

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Description
Locality: 
El Vagón Mine, Lanteira, Granada, Andalusia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 2.5 × 2 cm
Weight: 
18.00gr
Description

Very interesting specimen of tetrahedrite on siderite from this famous site located in the Sierra Nevada at more than 3000 meters high, this mine is closed many years ago and you could only find more specimens in the slag heaps, but today this place is protected it has been declared a natural protected area and it is impossible to find more specimens, only found in the market the material found by local collectors and this material is very old.

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

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