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Sphalerite Chalcopyrite & Quartz

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Sphalerite Chalcopyrite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Lavrion District Mines, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 6.4 × 3.3 cm
Description

Sulphides from Lavrion are very rare. Chalcopyrite is even more rare and here is a combo specimen of black sphalerite crystals with golden chalcopyrite and minor drusy quartz.

ex Konstantinos Papaspyropoulos collection.

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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