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Chalcopyrite

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Chalcopyrite

Dipl. Ing. W. Maucher, Munich
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Prinzenstein Mine, Wellmich, Sankt Goarshausen, Rhein-Lahn, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 1.1 × 1.1 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.70cm
Description

A single crystal of chalcopyrite mounted in a glass flacon and the original late 19th century label of Dipl. Ing. W. Maucher, Munich.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chalcopyrite

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