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Pyrite & Chalcopyrite With Quartz

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RBR62831

Pyrite & Chalcopyrite With Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Arsenic Mine, Lower Rotgülden Lake, Lungau, Salzburg, Austria
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
14 × 6 × 4 cm
Description

This specimen shows the most mad assemble.  The snowy white quartz crystals show a dramatic contrast to the intense golden chalcopyrite.

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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