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Siderite & Chalcopyrite

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Siderite & Chalcopyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Luise Mine, Rottleberode, Stolberg, Harz, Saxony - Anhalt, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 4 × 3 cm
Description

Light brown siderite crystals and tiny golden chalcopyrite crystals.

 

Historic specimen from Rottleberode - nowadays seldom available.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Siderite

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

Chalcopyrite

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

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