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Calcite & Chalcopyrite

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Calcite & Chalcopyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Bad Schlema, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
6.2 × 10.8 × 6.5 cm
Description

Colourless calcite scalenohedrons with dark phantoms on a dolomite matrix covered by chalcopyrite microcrystals

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