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Tennantite Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite & Pyrite

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Tennantite Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite & Pyrite

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Madem-Lakko Mine, Cassandra Mines, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.1 × 3.9 × 2.1 cm
Description

Interesting and nice, rare, old, classic specimen from this closed, classic locality with highly lustrous and well-formed crystals of tennantite, associated with little radiating aggregates of arsenopyrite crystals and minor pyrite. Traces of chalcopyrite can be seen on the tennantite crystals in close inspection. There could another unknown sulphide there but I am not sure.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tennantite

Formula: 
Cu6[Cu4(Fe,Zn)2]As4S13
Strunz: 
2.GB.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Cornwall, England, UK

Arsenopyrite

Formula: 
FeAsS
Strunz: 
2.EB.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0

Chalcopyrite

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

Pyrite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5

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