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Manganoan Calcite Tetrahedrite Chalcopyrite & Sphalerite

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Manganoan Calcite Tetrahedrite Chalcopyrite & Sphalerite

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Description
Locality: 
Cerro De Pasco, Pasco Department, Peru
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
15.2 × 10.5 × 5.3 cm
Weight: 
767.00gr
Description

Nice combo specimen featuring several sulfides - chalcopyrite, tetrahedrite, sphalerite - which host whiteish crystal aggregates of manganoan calcite with very nice LW UV response (red). Given locality is Cerro de Pasco.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Manganoan Calcite

Variety Of: 

Calcite

Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
3.0
Formula: 
(Ca,Mn)CO3
Hardness: 
0.0

Tetrahedrite

Formula: 
Cu6[Cu4(Fe,Zn)2]Sb4S13
Strunz: 
2.GB.05
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Chalcopyrite

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

Sphalerite

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

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