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Dolomite With Chalcopyrite

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Dolomite With Chalcopyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Eupel Mine, Niederhövels, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.3 × 3.4 × 2.6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.70cm
Description

Very nice dolomite specimen with crystals up to 1.7 cm and some very tiny chalcopyrite crystals. The Eupel mine is famous for it's good dolomite specimen, often combined with a blueish quartz.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Dolomite

Formula: 
CaMg(CO3)2
Strunz: 
5.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal - Rhombohedral
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White

Chalcopyrite

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

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