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Pyrite Chalcopyrite & Quartz

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RBR47935

Pyrite Chalcopyrite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Arsenic Mine, Lower Rotgülden Lake, Lungau, Salzburg, Austria
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 5.5 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.80cm
Description

A good specimen with a fine contrast from a historic mining area which is closed now.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrite

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

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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