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Cubanite On Tetrahedrite

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Cubanite On Tetrahedrite

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Description
Locality: 
Sankt Peter Mine, Sankt Wilhelm Vein, Neuenberg, Ste Marie-aux-Mines, Grand Est, France
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.3 × 1.6 cm
Description

Brassy-bronze metallic cubanite on tetrahedrite and quartz from the Sankt Peter mine, Markirch, France. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cubanite

Formula: 
CuFe2S3
Strunz: 
2.CB.55a
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Barracanao (Baracoa), Moa-Baracoa District, Mayarí-Baracoa Belt, Holguín Province, Cuba

Tetrahedrite

Formula: 
Cu6[Cu4(Fe,Zn)2]Sb4S13
Strunz: 
2.GB.05
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0