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Bournonite with Chalcopyrite from Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan, China

 
Bournonite with Chalcopyrite from Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan, China

Bournonite with Chalcopyrite from Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan, China

Bournonite with Chalcopyrite from Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan, China

Bournonite with Chalcopyrite from Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan, China

DESCRIPTION:No. 75252
Mineral:Bournonite with Chalcopyrite
Locality:Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan, China
Description:Doubly-terminated elongated lustrous gray-metallic bournonite crystals with striated prism faces caused by repeated cyclic twinning. A small yellow-metallic chalcopyrite crystal is included in the top corner of a termination of one bournonite crystal. For locality information see: Mineralogical Record v.42#6, Rocks and Minerals v.80#1
Overall Size:31x21x10 mm
Crystals:1-31 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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