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Chalcocite

Dan Behnke collection
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Locality: 
Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.6 × 3.8 × 2.6 cm
Description

ILLUSTRATED!! You are bidding on a larger piece with hundreds of nice chalcocite crystals of numerous different habits growing in open spaces all over the mostly bornite/chalcopyrite matrix. This piece has major trimming potential to make numerous micros. Illustrated in Photo Atlas of Minerals 2007, twice! Comes with 2 original slides taken by Dan and the original collection index card. 

This sample is from the collection of Dan Behnke, long-time friend, micromounter and prodigious photographer. I am pleased to be able to offer selections from his large collection, many of which are illustrated specimens in Rocks & Minerals, The Mineralogiocal Record, Photo Atlas of Minerals and many other publications. All samples from his meticulously catalogued collection will come with his original index card with all notes, photography annotations and other pertinent information, as well as any slides Dan may have taken of the sample with publication notes and date the photo was made.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chalcocite

Formula: 
Cu2S
Strunz: 
2.BA.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

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