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Calcite & Chalcopyrite

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Calcite & Chalcopyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Bad Schlema, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 2.8 × 2 cm
Description

A lustrous, fan shaped aggregate of hematite-included calcite with minor chalcopyrites. Beautiful.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

Chalcopyrite

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