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Chalcopyrite Quartz & Pyrite

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Chalcopyrite Quartz & Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Arsenic Mine, Lower Rotgülden Lake, Lungau, Salzburg, Austria
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 3.8 × 1.5 cm
Description

A classic one from the rotgülden arsenic mine. Big golden chalcopyrite crytsals grown togehter with small quartz and pyrite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Pyrite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5