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Also known as wheel ore

Bournonite, also axotomous antimony glance, wheel ore, berthonite, volchite or dystomic glance () is a sulfosalt mineral species, trithioantimoniate of lead and copper with the formula PbCuSbS3.

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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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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
Mohs' hardness
3
IMA Mineral Symbol
Bnn
Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
II/D.04a
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Bournonite, also axotomous antimony glance, wheel ore, berthonite, volchite or dystomic glance () is a sulfosalt mineral species, trithioantimoniate of lead and copper with the formula PbCuSbS3.

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