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Chalcopyrite

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Chalcopyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Hendrik & Emma Mine, Brunssum, Limburg, Netherlands
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3 × 1.2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.30cm
Description

This specimen comes from the Netherlands a country very poor in minerals. With just three active limestone quarries and some old mine dumps there are only a two or three mineral collecting sites and really good specimens from the Netherlands are scarce.
The best locality in the Netherlands are the combined dumps of the former Emma coalmine and Hendrik coalmine in Brunssum.
This example of chalcopyrite on calcite and dolomite is compared with examples from other countries just average but it's a really very good specimen for the Netherlands.
Three other specimens from the Netherlands are also in this auction.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chalcopyrite

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

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