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Cuproroméite Tetrahedrite & Azurite

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Cuproroméite Tetrahedrite & Azurite

Ex Wörtzel Collection
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Winterberg Quarry, Iberg, Bad Grund, Lower Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 4 × 3.4 cm
Description

Specimen with amazing paragenese: cuproroméite with tetrahedrite, azurite, baryte. Older specimen from the Wörtzel Collection of Berlin

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cuproroméite

Formula: 
Cu2Sb2(O,OH)7
Strunz: 
4.DH.20
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Blind Spring Hill, Benton, Blind Spring District (Blind Spring Hill District; Benton District), Benton Range, Mono Co., California, USA

Tetrahedrite

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

Azurite

Formula: 
Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Chessy copper mines, Chessy-les-Mines, Le Bois d'Oingt, Rhône, Rhône-Alpes, France...
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