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Calcite & Chalcopyrite

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Calcite & Chalcopyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Oberschlema, Bad Schlema, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
5 × 10 × 8 cm
Description

Clusters of sharp colourless calcite rhombohedrons with chalcopyrite crystals on matrix

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