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Chalcopyrite On Calcite

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Chalcopyrite On Calcite

ex collection Schwanz
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Description
Locality: 
Artenberg Quarry, Steinach, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.4 × 5 × 4.6 cm
Description

Very beautiful, glossy chalcopyrite crystals with steel blue iridescent colors between colorless calcite scalenohedrons.

Seldom offered locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chalcopyrite

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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

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