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Chalcopyrite & Quartz

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Chalcopyrite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Arsenic Mine, Lower Rotgülden Lake, Lungau, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.8 × 5.2 × 1.8 cm
Description

Golden lustrouse chalcopyrite is combination with tiny, snowy white quartz crystals from this famous historic locality. The mining history goes back about 2000 years. Today it is prohibited to dig there, the area is a nature park. The specimen is out an old local collection. Fine assemble, good contrast, no significant damages to report.

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