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Sphalerite With Chalcopyrite

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Sphalerite With Chalcopyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Siegerland, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.1 × 4.4 × 3.3 cm
Description

A vein in a quartzite rock filled by black crystals of sphalerite, golden chalcopyrite and white quartz. Specimen #65 from an old German collection built previous to the Second World War. Includes an old Dr. F.Krantz label. Ex. Jean De Marche.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sphalerite

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

Chalcopyrite

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

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