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Tennantite-Tetrahedrite on Quartz with Pyrite from Arroyos Azules Mine, Concepcion del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico

 
Tennantite-Tetrahedrite on Quartz with Pyrite from Arroyos Azules Mine, Concepcion del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico

Tennantite-Tetrahedrite on Quartz with Pyrite from Arroyos Azules Mine, Concepcion del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico

Tennantite-Tetrahedrite on Quartz with Pyrite from Arroyos Azules Mine, Concepcion del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico

DESCRIPTION:No. 58839
Mineral:Tennantite-Tetrahedrite on Quartz with Pyrite
Locality:Arroyos Azules Mine, Concepcion del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico
Description:Large translucent white quartz crystals to 45 mm high with surfaces covered with many smaller milky quartz crystals to 4 mm plus scattered tennantite-tetrahedrite crystals (both occur at this locality) to 6 mm and minor yellow-metallic pyrite. Ex. B. Gaber collection #597; ex. Paul Pohwat collection #238 (Mineral Collection Manager at Smithsonian)
Overall Size:7x5x3 cm
Crystals:1-45 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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