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Baryte & Chalcopyrite

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Baryte & Chalcopyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Cavnic Mine, Maramureș County, Romania
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
16.5 × 10 × 2.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.30cm
Description

On a thin plate blue gray crystals of barite.The specimen is all over covered with crystals!

Here and there chalcopyrite is covering the barite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baryte

Formula: 
BaSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White

Chalcopyrite

Formula: 
CuFeS2
Strunz: 
2.CB.10a
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0