Chabournéite xls; Jas Roux, Hautes-Alpes, France; Min; unique piece
Chabournéite crystals from Jas Roux, Hautes-Alpes, France – miniature specimen as unique piece
This striking specimen features intensely orange to reddish chabourneite crystals scattered across a contrasting light grey quartz matrix. The crystals are small but clearly visible, well-formed, and lustrous. The vivid color and sharp crystal faces give the piece a highly aesthetic appeal, making it a desirable addition to any mineral collection.
Chabourneite is a rare copper-antimony sulfosalt, known for its bright orange hues. Specimens from Jas Roux in the French Alps are especially valued for their rich coloration and mineralogical purity.
Jas Roux, located in the Hautes-Alpes region of France, is a classic locality for rare lead, copper, and antimony minerals. In its hydrothermal veins, chabourneite forms fine crystal coatings and aggregates in association with quartz, siderite, and various sulfide minerals. Specimens of this quality are now rarely available and are prized for both their rarity and intense color contrast.
This table is for general information and orientation, although the sizes of the stones may vary. In addition, this specification is handled differently from region to region.
| Sizes | Description | approx. Sizes in mm/cm | approx. Sizes in INCH | |
| Capsule | Capsule | 0.1–0.5 mm in a transparent hard capsule (approx. 1 cm) | capsule contents 0.1–0.5 mm | capsule contents 0.004–0.02 in |
| TN/mm | Micromount (TN = Thumbnail) | everything fitting in a TN Perky box or a MM box of approx. 1 in | approx. 0.5–2.5 cm | max. 1 in |
| Min | Miniature specimen | will not fit a TN or MM box anymore | approx. 2.5–5 cm | approx. 0.2–1.0 in |
| Scab | small cabinet specimen | approx. one-third to half a hand size | approx. 5–9 cm | approx. 1.0–2.0 in |
| Cab | cabinet specimen | full hand size | approx. 9–15 cm | approx. 2.0–3.5 in |
| large Cab | large cabinet specimen | approx. two hand sizes | approx. 15–30 cm | approx. 3.5–6.0 in |
| very large Cab | very large cabinet specimen | everything larger, no upper limit |
Abbreviations commonly used in mineralogy.
| Abbreviation | Meaning |
| xl | single crystal, possible with matrix |
| xls | noticeable crystals |
| (xl) | embedded or damaged |
| (xls) | embeddet or damaged |
| MASS | massive and/or amorphous pieces |
| TYP | type locality of the original description |
| SWUV | shortwave-UV-reaction |
| UV | ultraviolet reaction |
| SC | self-collected |
| U | unique (single unique piece) |
Usage Instructions
This product is ideal as a collector's item, decorative element, teaching material, or for scientific and exhibition purposes.
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| shipment-weight, NOT netto weight (kg) | 0.050000 |
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