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Bournonite complexly twinned crystals on Quartz from Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan, China

 
Bournonite complexly twinned crystals on Quartz from Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan, China

Bournonite complexly twinned crystals on Quartz from Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan, China

Bournonite complexly twinned crystals on Quartz from Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan, China

Bournonite complexly twinned crystals on Quartz from Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan, China

Bournonite complexly twinned crystals on Quartz from Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan, China

Bournonite complexly twinned crystals on Quartz from Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan, China

Bournonite complexly twinned crystals on Quartz from Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan, China

DESCRIPTION:No. 75497
Mineral:Bournonite complexly twinned crystals on Quartz
Locality:Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan, China
Description:Brilliantly lustrous gray-metallic bournonite crystals to 15 mm on a cluster of lustrous translucent white quartz crystals to 25 mm. The bournonite crystals have striated prism faces caused by repeated complex twinning. For locality information see: Mineralogical Record v.42#6, Rocks and Minerals v.80#1
Overall Size:40x31x26 mm
Crystals:micro to 25 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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