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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 75334 |
| Mineral: | Stannite |
| Locality: | Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan, China |
| Description: | Lustrous gray-metallic stannite crystals, a rare copper-iron-tin sulfide mineral, with complicated crystal faces and striations on the crystal surfaces. The stannite crystals are now exceptionally difficult to find in well defined crystals like this. For locality information see: Mineralogical Record v.42#6, Rocks and Minerals v.80#1 |
| Overall Size: | 20x16x12 mm |
| Crystals: | 1-7 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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