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Covellite Chalcopyrite Bariopharmacosiderite & Fluorite

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Covellite Chalcopyrite Bariopharmacosiderite & Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Clara Mine, Oberwolfach, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.9 × 2.5 × 1.6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.40cm
Description

Covellite covering chalcopyrite and tetrahedrite and in paragenesis with fluorite, quartz and Ba-pharmacosiderite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Covellite

Formula: 
CuS
Strunz: 
2.CA.05a
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Mt Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy

Chalcopyrite

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

Bariopharmacosiderite

Formula: 
Ba0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O
Strunz: 
8.DK.10
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Clara Mine, Rankach valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Fluorite

Formula: 
CaF2
Strunz: 
3.AB.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic