Bournonite

Also known as wheel ore

minerale

Key facts

Mineral.name: Bournonite
Mineral.category: Sulfosalt mineral
Mineral.image: 2522M-bournonite1.jpg
Mineral.caption: Bournonite from Viboras mine, Machacamarcha, Bolivia, 95 mm x 74 mm, largest crystal size: 29 mm
Mineral.formula: PbCuSbS3
Mineral.IMAsymbol: Bnn
Mineral.strunz: 2.GA.50
Mineral.dana: 3.4.3.2
Mineral.system: Orthorhombic
Mineral.class: Pyramidal (mm2) (same H-M symbol)
Mineral.symmetry: Pn21m
Mineral.color: Steel-gray to iron-black
Mineral.habit: Crystals short prismatic to tabular, typically striated; commonly as subparallel aggregates. Also massive, granular to compact
Mineral.twinning: On {110}, commonly forming cross or cogwheel aggregates
Mineral.cleavage: [010] Imperfect
Mineral.fracture: Subconchoidal to uneven
Mineral.mohs: 2.5 – 3.0
Mineral.luster: Brilliant to dull

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Wikidata facts

Named after: Jacques Louis de Bournon
Image: 2522M-bournonite1.jpg

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crystal system: orthorhombic crystal system
Commons category: Bournonite
chemical formula: CuPbSbS₃
Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009): 2.GA.50
Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update): 2.GA.50
location of discovery: St Endellion
Mohs' hardness: 3
type locality (geology): Port Isaac
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
IMA Mineral Symbol: Bnn
Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated): II/D.04a

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Article · Italiano

La bournonite è un minerale, un solfuro appartenente al gruppo omonimo. Il minerale fu scoperto nel 1805. Il minerale prende il nome dal mineralogista e cristallografo , ma in precedenza prese il nome di endellionite in onore della località in Cornovaglia.

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