AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Namibia > Tennantite with Quartz |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 58678 |
Mineral: | Tennantite with Quartz |
Locality: | Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia |
Description: | Gray-metallic tetrahedral tennantite crystals to 14 mm with lustrous transparent colorless quartz crystals to 4 mm. The tennantite crystals have complex crystallization patterns on the surfaces with colorless microcrystals (cerussite?) on select faces. |
Overall Size: | 25x19x16 mm |
Crystals: | micro to 14 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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