Tennantite
Formula | (Cu, Ag, Zn, Fe)12As4S13 |
Origin | Tsumeb Mine (Namibia) |
Description | greyish tennantite crystal |
Classification (Lapis) | Sulfides |
Crystal System | Cubic |
Hardness | 3,0 – 4,5 |
Colour | Flint-gray to iron-black, cherry-red in transmitted light; in polished section, gray inclining to black to brown to cherry-red |
Streak | red-brown, black |
Luminescence | none observed |
Lustre | Metallic |
Transparency (Opacity) | Opaque |
Cleavage | |
Fracture | subconchoidal to uneven |
Magnetism | Negative |
Geological Setting | In hydrothermal veins and contact metamorphic deposits |
Specific Gravity | 4,61 g/cm3 |
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