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Baryte With Chalcopyrite & Quartz

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Baryte With Chalcopyrite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane, Alnif, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.2 × 5.2 × 3.5 cm
Description

The sample is very rich in barite tabular crystals of a very aesthetic shape, bright and well defined, greenish tone and transparent. They're accompanied by chalcopyrite, which is disposed very aerial on the matrix of quartz. Brightness is excellent and the golden color better... Very interesting specimen.

Collected: 
2013
Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baryte

Formula: 
BaSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White

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