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Stannite With Zinkenite

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Description
Locality: 
San José Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.9 × 2.5 × 2.3 cm
Weight: 
29.00gr
Description

An excellent floater of fully crystallized stannite intergrown with elongated zinkenite crystals. Stannite is a complex aggregate of blocky, quasi rounded crystals, complete all around, with minimal contacts and excellent metallic lustre. Zinkenite coves almost completely the stannite crystals, features elongated crystals of very good for the specie lustre. Both species are very fresh and display very well. Some former grey tack traces are still present. on the rear side.

In great conditions. Very rare to spot a stannite of such a quality!

From the former stock of the late renowned Italian collector and dealer Bruno Cerato. It comes with its original labelled box.

By far one of my best specimens of this kind.

Boxed with Label
Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Stannite

Formula: 
Cu2(Fe,Zn)SnS4
Strunz: 
2.CB.15a
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
West Wheal Kitty (Wheal Rock), West Wheal Kitty group, St Agnes, St Agnes District, Cornwall, England, UK

Zinkenite

Formula: 
Pb9Sb22S42
Strunz: 
2.JB.35a
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Graf Jost-Christian Mine, Wolfsberg, Stolberg, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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