Tennantite

  

Tennantite with possibly polybasite

Origin: Levant Section, Geevor mine, Pendeen, Cornwall, England

Ex. Kaar collection

Sample size: 5 x 4.5 x 3 cm

 

  

Tennantite with bornite

Origin: Gwennap, Cornwall, England

Ex. Kaar collection, Ex. Dr. Maurice Weller & R.W. Barstow

Sample size: 7 x 5 x 4 cm

 

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Origin: Tsumeb Mine, Namibia

Sample size: 9.8 x 7.4 x 2.4 cm

 

  

  

Tennantite with quartz

Origin: Zacatecas, Mexico

Ex. Ernie Schlichter collection

Sample size: 15 x 7.9 x 5.5 cm

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  

Massive tennanti partly covere by brassy pyrite crystals

  

Origin: Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia

Sample size: 8.5 x 6.5 x 4.5 cm (top), 6 x 4 x 4.2 cm (bottom)

 

  

Tennantite-tetrahedrite on quartz

Origin: Cobre Mine, Concepción del Oro, Mun. de Concepción del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico

Sample size: 7.1 x 9 x 4.2 cm

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

  

Cluster of tennantite crystals to 1.5 cm across. The surface of the crystals have been slightly altered to covellite. There are scattered quartz crystals also.

Origin: Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia

Ex. Bill Bernie collection

Sample size: 5.5 x 4.5 x 4.3 cm

 

Photo courtesy of: 

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Trinityminerals.com

 

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