Bournonite
available$ 140
- Locality
- Mitsumine, Chichibu mining district, Nakatsugawa, Ohtaki-mura, Chichibu City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
- Minerals
- Bournonite
- Dimensions
- 1 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm
- Size class
- Thumbnail
- SID
- AU545
Single Bournonite crystal from Japan. The crystals has high silvery metallic luster. From MINDAT: 'This district produced the first copper mined in Japan, in the year 707 C.E., early in the reign of Empress Gemmei.'