AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Mexico > Boulangerite on Pyrite, Quartz, Sphalerite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 50865 |
Mineral: | Boulangerite on Pyrite, Quartz, Sphalerite |
Locality: | Noche Buena Mine, Zacatecas, Mexico |
Description: | Fine hair-like gray-metallic boulangerite crystals to 5 mm over a double-sided cluster of yellow-metallic pyrite crystals to 8 mm with lustrous black Spinel-law twinned sphalerite crystals to 5 mm and colorless translucent quartz crystals to 4 mm. Ex. Peter B. Nalle (1923-2010) collection #736; originally acquired in 1997; ex. Doris Biggs collection |
Overall Size: | 6.5x5.5x3.5 cm |
Crystals: | 1-8 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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