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Chalcopyrite On Quartz

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Chalcopyrite On Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Huaron Mines, Pasco Department, Peru
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.5 × 8.5 × 5.5 cm
Description

This is a very attractive and showy specimen of lustrous golden chalcopyrite crystals on translucent white quartz crystals.

Ex Armin Wendland collection

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chalcopyrite

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White