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Chalcopyrite

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Chalcopyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Füsseberg Mine, Biersdorf, Herdorf, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3 × 2.8 cm
Description

A old specimen of lustrous chalcopyrite crystals from a long closed mine at the Siegerland mining area.

Very old specimen from 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