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Chalcopyrite On Galena

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Chalcopyrite On Galena

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Description
Locality: 
Nikolayevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 7 × 7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
4.00cm
Description

A huge and lustrous golden chalcopyrite crystal on top of silver grey galena crystals from the famous locale in Russia.

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

Galena

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