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Scheelite Chalcopyrite Quartz & Calcite

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Scheelite Chalcopyrite Quartz & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Baia Sprie Mine, Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12 × 7 × 4 cm
Description

Lustrous greyish scheelite crystals with golden chalcopyrite crystals, clear quartz crystals and creme colored calcite crystals on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Scheelite

Formula: 
Ca(WO4)
Strunz: 
7.GA.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Bispbergs Klack, Säter, Dalarna, Sweden

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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White