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Sphärosiderite Chalcopyrite & Galena

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Sphärosiderite Chalcopyrite & Galena

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Description
Locality: 
Baia Sprie Mine, Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 11 × 10.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.70cm
Description

Very nice specimen for both - on the one side the focus is on the chalcopyrite, contrasted by dark gray galena in the background and very nice siderite spheres - the other side is almost completely covered with lustrous, botryoidal sphaerosiderite with just a few rock crystals standing out . But I must confess it has some dings on the sphaerosiderite side now, which are not pictured yet. It fell to the floor and got some dings around the rock crystals. But the front side, the chalcopyrite side, is still perfect. Still I went down almost 50% with the start price. No reserve price of course.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sphärosiderite

Variety Of: 

Siderite

Formula: 
FeCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Hardness: 
0.0

Chalcopyrite

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

Galena

Formula: 
PbS
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Lead-grey
Streak: 
Lead-grey

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