Small Tetrahedrite Crystals with Quartz

Small Tetrahedrite Crystals with Quartz from Bingham District (West Mountain District), Oquirrh Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA

Collection

Robert Lavinsky

Description

The defunct Bingham open pit, a huge disseminated deposit, was never known for crystallized specimens. Therefore, this specimen of bright, dark gray, Tetrahedrite crystals, to .3 cm across, nestled among colorless, lustrous, translucent Quartz crystals, to .7 cm in length, is a rare specimen.

Locality

Bingham District (West Mountain District), Oquirrh Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA

Dimensions

4.0 x 2.8 x 2.2 cm.


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