Zinkenite

Itos Mine, Cercado Prov., Oruro Dept., Bolivia
Small Cabinet, 5.9 x 3.7 x 2.2 cm
Start Time: 10/29/2009 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 11/05/2009 6:30:00 pm (CST)
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Item Description

Zinkenite is an uncommon lead, anitmony sulfosalt. This very showy and sculptural, two-sided specimen consists of jackstraw, radiating clusters of lustrous, steel-gray to steel-blue zinkenite blades from the well-known Itos Mine of Bolivia. A highly representative and excellent example of the species and locale.

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