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Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite & Dravite

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Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite & Dravite

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Description
Locality: 
Uranus Mine, Kleinrückerswalde, Annaberg-Buchholz, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
15 × 5.5 × 1.5 cm
Weight: 
355.00gr
Description

This is a piece of a ore veine from the Uranus mine.

This vein contains Arsenopyrite (looks like silver), Chalkopyrite and lateral Dravite (brown- black).

The vein is a very interesting geological specimen. It  shows the transistion from the pneumatolytic to the hydrthermal phase.

The vein is polished.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Arsenopyrite

Formula: 
FeAsS
Strunz: 
2.EB.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0

Chalcopyrite

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

Dravite

Formula: 
Na(Mg3)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Strunz: 
9.CK.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Type Locality: 
Dobrova, Dravograd (Unterdrauburg), Slovenia

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