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Chalcopyrite & Calcite & Siderite

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Chalcopyrite & Calcite & Siderite

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Description
Locality: 
Shaft 250, Schlema-Hartenstein District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.2 × 4.6 × 4.8 cm
Description

Chalcopyrite crystals and calcite crystals on siderite crystals and dolomite crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chalcopyrite

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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

Siderite

Formula: 
FeCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White