Bournonite with Freibergite and Pyrite on Quartz - image 1

Bournonite with Freibergite and Pyrite on Quartz

$350.00

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Tucson, Arizona, USA

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The Viboras mine at Machacamarca in Bolivia is particularly famous for its Bournonite. This fine miniature features a single Bournonite crystal, 1.7 cm long by 1 cm thick, sat in the centre of a Quartz matrix encrusted all round with micro-crystals of Quartz. There is also a rich coverage of sooty black micro-tetrahedral Freibergite crystals with tiny Pyrite crystals sparsely scattered all over. The Bournonite crystal forms an excellent cogwheel habit of steel-grey with a bright metallic lustre.