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Tetrahedrite On Chalcopyrite

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Tetrahedrite On Chalcopyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Neves-Corvo Mine, Santa Bárbara de Padrões, Castro Verde, Beja District, Portugal
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.3 × 4 × 1.9 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.40cm
Weight: 
89.00gr
Description

Attention to this rare locality piece from the Neves-Corvo deposits, featuring extremely bright, silver white tetrahedral crystals of tetrahedrite on a matrix golden coloured microcrystalline chalcopyrite. Good representative specimen of this Portuguese locality, infrequently present in collections.

Acquired in 1998 by Dr. Gerard Vogel.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

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