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Calcite & Chalcopyrite

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Calcite & Chalcopyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Hartenstein, Zwickau, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 5 × 4.2 cm
Description

White, frosted phantom-calcite with small, golden chalcopyrite crystals.

Calcite is not so common from the Schlema-Hartenstein District and this shape and quality is rare.

No significant damage. Crack in matrix doesn't go through. Pictures taken with a hard contrast.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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

Chalcopyrite

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

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