Bournonite

  
 
  
  
Bournonite with pyrite
Origin: Viboras section (vein), Machacamarca Mine, near Colavi, Dept. Potosi, Bolivia
Sample size: 4.2 x 3.5 x 2.8 cm
 
  
  
Bournonite on chalcopyrite
Origin: Baia Sprie, Maramures, Romania
Sample size: 6 x 5.3 x 1.2 cm
 
Origin: Mines des Malines, Gard, France
Sample size: 2.8 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  
Dozens of cogwheel twinned silvery, highly reflective crystals to 4 mm across matrix
Origin: Casapalca, , Lima Dept., Peru
Sample size: 6 x 5 x 3 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

  
Bournonite "Cogwheel twin" on a matrix of quartz, ferberite and chalcopyrite
Origin: Yaogangxian Mine, Chenzhou, Chenzhou area, Hunan, Central South Region, China
Sample size: 4.5 x 3.5 x 7.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

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