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Tennantite with Wulfenite

Unknown Owner

A grouping of large tennantite crystals, these hosting tabular crystals of wulfenite. Complete all around, in great condition. Dolomite is present as well. Neat combination specimen.

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Species

Tennantite, WulfeniteAbout Tennantite →

SizeMiniature

Dimensions3.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm

Added on07/24/2025

Locality

Namibia, Oshikoto Region, TsumebRegional guide →

Known provenance

Date	Collector	Acquisition price
—	Unknown Owner	$485.00
—	Weinrich Minerals	Not disclosed

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sharp tetrahedral crystals with gunmetal luster, prized by collectors for classic localities, rarity, and display-worthy specimens.

Tennantite

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.