AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from China > Stannite and Muscovite on Ferberite |
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DESCRIPTION: | No. 69161 |
Mineral: | Stannite and Muscovite on Ferberite |
Locality: | Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan, China |
Description: | Single lustrous black 23 mm ferberite crystal with one side overgrown with lustrous greenish-yellow metallic stannite crystals to 5 mm and books of translucent greenish muscovite mica crystals to 2 mm. 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: | 24x17x13 mm |
Crystals: | 1-23 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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