Name:

bournonite (endellionite)

A photo of the mineral bournonite

Class:

Sulfides

Chemistry:

Pb Cu Sb S3

Color(s):

gray, steelish-metallic streak: grayish

Hardness:

3.0

SpecGrav:

5.7 - 5.9

Fracture:

pseudo-conchoidal

Cleavage:

imperfect

Crystal:

orthorhombic - dipyramidal, cubic looking, cog-whell type shapes.

Envronment:

develops in mesothermal veins

Association:

stibnite, galena, tetrahedrite, quartz, calcite

Locals:

| Germany | France | England | Co., Ca., Az., Ut., USA |

Misc:

Named after the French mineralogist, J. L. de Bournon.

Photos
& Locals:

1.) Ancash,Peru
2.) Ancash,Peru

3.) Ancash,Peru

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