Bournonite
specimen number:
9504837
location:
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
description: Some of the world's finest examples for this species have come from this Chinese locality. The miniature shown here is excellent, exhibiting a squat lustrous metallic sharply formed single crystal measuring 4.2 x 4.0 x 3.6 cm in size overall. This is a "floater" with no points of attachment. The crystal is actually doubly terminated and completely crystallized all around; even with a 10x loupe I cannot find any damage or chipping. What is on the bottom and sides is all naturally crystallized. Very fine and choice for the species! There is a very slight iridescence present in some areas of the crystal.
Size: 4.2 x 4.0 x 3.6 cm (miniature)
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