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Chalcopyrite

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Chalcopyrite

Ex coll. Bergrat U. Knochenhauer, Wernigerode
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Ashio Mine, Ashio-machi, Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 7 × 3 cm
Description

Sharp golden chalcopyrite crystals with white quartz crystals on ore matrix.

Found in 1897

Historic specimen from a seldom offered locality - with original label and box

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chalcopyrite

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

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