Tennantite

  
Tennantite with pyrite
Origin: Julcani mine, Huancavelica Department, Peru
Sample size: 25 x 35 x 18 mm
 
  
Origin: Steward mine, Butte, Montana, U.S.A.
Sample size: 5.5 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm
 
  
  
Origin: Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
Sample size: 3.6 x 3.1 x 5.8 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

Quartz-coated tennantite on quartz
Tennantite twin, ex. Erik Louw Collection
Tennantite pseudomorph after azurite, ex. Evan Jones Collection
Origin: Tsumeb, Namibia
Ex Sussman Collection
Photo: John Schneider
Sample size: 10 x 8 x 6 cm (top), 5 x 4.5 x 4 cm (2nd row), 9.5 x 6 x 3 cm (bottom)
 
  
Tennantite with quartz
 
  
Tennantite pseudomorph after galena
  
  
Smithsonite and quartz on tennantite
Origin: Tsumeb, Namibia
Sample size: 5.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm (top/2nd row), 2.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm (3rd row), 7 x 6 x 3.5 cm (4th row), 14.8 x 8.5 x 5.4 cm (5th/6th/bottom row)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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