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Bornite

Ex Dr. Krantz, Bonn, Germany
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Chacabuco Department, San Luis Province, Argentina
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 9.5 × 4 cm
Weight: 
345.00gr
Description

A massive piece of bornite, so-called "Buntkupfererz". The specimen is not analysed, though it may be be also a tarnished chalcopyrite. Nevertheless, it comes with a beautiful old Dr. F. Krantz pen and ink label dated around or before 1902.

I was not able to identify a locality "Chacabuco" in Salta Prov., Argentina on Mindat.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bornite

Formula: 
Cu5FeS4
Strunz: 
2.BA.15
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

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