AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Peru > Bournonite and Pyrite |
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DESCRIPTION: | No. 72003 |
Mineral: | Bournonite and Pyrite |
Locality: | Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department, Peru |
Description: | Rich cluster of lustrous gray-metallic bournonite crystals with yellow-metallic pyrite crystals on the bottom. Some bournonite crystals exhibit the classic cog-wheel habit caused by cyclic twinning. Collected ca. 1990 |
Overall Size: | 4x3x2 cm |
Crystals: | 1-5 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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