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panabasite

A former name for tetrahedrite, an isometric mineral, (Cu,Fe)12Sb4S13, having copper replaced by zinc, lead, mercury, cobalt, nickel, or silver; forms a series with tennantite and freibergite; metallic; crystallizes in tetrahedra; occurs in hydrothermal veins and contact metamorphic deposits; a source of copper and other metals.

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