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Chalcopyrite Sphalerite & Galena

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Chalcopyrite Sphalerite & Galena

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Description
Locality: 
Nikolayevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russian Federation
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 2.4 × 1.5 cm
Description

These combination sulphide specimens from the Dalnegorsk area are really quite stunning. This specimen consists of a central golden brassy chalcopyrite crystal encomapssed by lusterous terminated sphalerite and galena crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chalcopyrite

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

Sphalerite

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

Galena

Formula: 
PbS
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Lead-grey
Streak: 
Lead-grey
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