Scorodite (on tennantite subgroup)

TSNB973
Specimen
Exhibit 1. Scorodite (on tennantite subgroup); 22 mm.
Exhibit 1. Scorodite (on tennantite subgroup); 22 mm.
Image Credit: Sharon Cisneros

Specimen Title

Scorodite (on tennantite subgroup)

Associated Minerals

tennantite subgroup; tennantite-(Zn) (?)

Principal Mineral

Scorodite

Size

Thumbnail; 22mm

Location in the Mine

Undetermined

Collection

Cisneros, S. & E.

Entry Number

Specimen; TSNB973

Description

A shard of tennantite-rich massive sulphide crusted with translucent, cornflower-blue scorodite crystals. The matrix has not been analysed but the tennantite subgroup mineral is almost certainly tennantite-(Zn).

The specimen is from the collection of Sharon and Eugene Cisneros.