Tennantite

  

This specimen is comprised of a cluster of interconnected tennantite crystals with minor quartz and dolomite. The largest crystal is 2 cm across.

Origin: Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia

Sample size: 4.1 x 3 x 2.5 cm

 

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Tennantite on quartz

Origin: Salaverna, Concepción del Oro, Mun. de Concepción del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico

Ex. Don Belsher collection

Sample size: 10 x 9 x 5.5 cm

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

  

Tennantite on quartz with minor chalcopyrite

Origin: El Cobre Mine, Zacatecas, Mexico

Sample size: 6 x 5 x 2 cm

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

  

  

Tennantite with wulfenite on dolomite. Ex. Ed Ruggiero collection

  

  

Tennantite and dolomite on quartz

Origin: Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia

Sample size: 5.0 x 4.9 x 3.8 cm (top/2nd row), 15.0 x 9.0 x 2.8 cm (3rd/bottom row)

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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