Tetrahedrite ps. After Bournonite (rare) Whitmore Coll.

Viboras Mine, Machacamarca, Potosi Department, Bolivia
Thumbnail, 2.1 x 1.5 x 1.2 cm
Start Time: 06/02/2012 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 06/07/2012 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

Bournonite specimens from this small silver mine are among the finest found in the Western Hemisphere. This is an extremely rare, doubly terminated floater crystal of a silver-bearing tetrahedrite pseudomorph after a sharp, striated, bournonite crystal. Specimens of any species are seldom on the market from this locale. Ex Robert Whitmore Collection.

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