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Quartz & Sphalerite & Chalcopyrite

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Quartz & Sphalerite & Chalcopyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Cavnic Mine, Maramureș County, Romania
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 4.5 × 3 cm
Weight: 
76.00gr
Description

Wonderful composition. Quartz and Chalkopyrite (each with 1cm crystal edge) with Pyrite & Dolomite on Sphalerite matrix (1cm crystals). The Quartz crystals are waterclear. Chalkopyrite is with ingrown Pyrite. Very aesthetic specimen!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

Sphalerite

Formula: 
ZnS
Strunz: 
2.CB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Chalcopyrite

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