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Tennantite

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A very characteristic neat specimen of intergrown dark metallic grey Tennantite crystals measuring to nearly 2cm mostly covered in micro-crystals colourless Calcite. From the Tsumeb Mine, Namibia.

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Species
TennantiteAbout Tennantite →
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions4.8 x 6.3 x 3.5 cm
Listed on10/24/2024
Locality
Namibia, Oshikoto Region, TsumebRegional guide →
SKUCC11801

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Mineral guide
Learn about Tennantite
sharp tetrahedral crystals with gunmetal luster, prized by collectors for classic localities, rarity, and display-worthy specimens.
Tennantite
Regional guide
Tennantite from Tsumeb, Namibia
Tsumeb tennantite is one of the great paradoxes of the classic mineral world: the species was an abundant ore mineral in the mine, yet sharp, attractive, display-worthy crystals are decidedly uncommon. The best pieces have a sober, gunmetal beauty—steel-gray to charcoal tetrahedra, sometimes frosted or etched, sometimes shimmering under a druse of minute quartz. In the finest examples, the metallic geometry is softened by Tsumeb’s unmistakable secondary-mineral palette: white dolomite, clear to milky quartz, yellow wulfenite, green malachite, mimetite, smithsonite, duftite, zincolivenite, and a remarkable range of arsenates generated from the oxidation of the sulfide ore.