Striated, Tabular Bournonite

Striated, Tabular Bournonite from Machacamarca Mine, Machacamarca, Machacamarca District (Colavi District), Cornelio Saavedra Province, Potosi­ Department, Bolivia

Collection

Robert Lavinsky

Description

This is one of the more aesthetic specimens of Bournonite that come from Bolivia. This piece consists of an attractive, sharp, doubly terminated, striated, tabular, silvery-grey color crystal sitting atop micro Pyrite matrix. This specimen is from the find from several years ago, when some of the finest Bolivian Bournonites were collected.

Locality

Machacamarca Mine, Machacamarca, Machacamarca District (Colavi District), Cornelio Saavedra Province, Potosi­ Department, Bolivia

Dimensions

2.7 x 2.3 x 1.9 cm.


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