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Tetrahedrite-(Zn) On Miargyrite

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Tetrahedrite-(Zn) On Miargyrite

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Description
Locality: 
San Genaro Mine, Castrovirreyna, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica Department, Peru
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.9 × 0.9 × 0.4 cm
Description

Grey metallic tetrahedrite-Zn on miargyrite from the San Genaro mine, Huancavelica, Peru. 

SEM-EDS confirmed. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tetrahedrite-(Zn)

Formula: 
Cu6Cu4Zn2)Sb4S12S
Group Parent: 
Tetrahedrite
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Type Locality: 
Namex prospect, Huffman Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada Or Horhausen, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany...

Miargyrite

Formula: 
AgSbS2
Strunz: 
2.HA.10
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Neue Hoffnung Gottes Mine, Bräunsdorf, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany