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Pyrite Chalcopyrite & Sphalerite

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Pyrite Chalcopyrite & Sphalerite

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Description
Locality: 
Deveti Septemvri Mine, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3.5 × 2 cm
Description

Brassy golden cluster of well developed pyritohedral pyrites on chalcopyrite. Additional black sphalerite crystal aggregates with some dolomite coating and a few quartz crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5

Chalcopyrite

Formula: 
CuFeS2
Strunz: 
2.CB.10a
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Sphalerite

Formula: 
ZnS
Strunz: 
2.CB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

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