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Stannite with Arsenopyrite from Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan, China

 
Stannite with Arsenopyrite from Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan, China

Stannite with Arsenopyrite from Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan, China

Stannite with Arsenopyrite from Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan, China

Stannite with Arsenopyrite from Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan, China

Stannite with Arsenopyrite from Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan, China

DESCRIPTION:No. 69157
Mineral:Stannite with Arsenopyrite
Locality:Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan, China
Description:Lustrous yellow-gray metallic stannite crystals to 10 mm with lustrous pseudo-pyramidal metallic arsenopyrite crystals to 5 mm. The stannite surfaces are composed of many smaller parallel crystal faces. Stannite is an uncommon copper-iron-tin sulfide. Ex. Georg Gebhard. For locality information see: Mineralogical Record v.42#6, Rocks and Minerals v.80#1
Overall Size:23x20x15 mm
Crystals:2-10 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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