| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from China > Bournonite complexly twinned crystals on Quartz |
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| 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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