Detailed information
Dimensions
56 x 34 x 25
mm
Locality
Georg Mine, Willroth Altenkirchen, Westerwald Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Condition
No recorded repairs
Excellently formed crystals of Bournonite on Siderite from Georg mine adjacent to the town of Willroth in the Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The bright metallic silvery-grey Bournonite crystals form clusters of superb sharpness and brilliant lustre on a light creamy tan Siderite matrix. Many of the Bournonite crystals have a wedge like aspect to them and measure up to 0.7 cm. Here and there are associated scattered crystals of metallic, brassy yellow Chalcopyrite measuring to 3 mm.