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Chalcopyrite & Dolomite

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Chalcopyrite & Dolomite

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Description
Locality: 
Grüner Löwe Mine, Gosenbach, Siegen, Arnsberg, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.4 × 7.4 × 4.9 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.80cm
Description

Golden-yellow, metallic, lustrous chalcopyrite crystals up to 0.8 cm across on white dolomite rhombohedra up to 2.5 cm in size from the Grüner Löwe Mine in Siegen, Germany. A nice, classic specimen accompanied by two old historic labels, one of them hand-written, German one, the other one from a Geneva dealership in Switzerland.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chalcopyrite

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

Dolomite

Formula: 
CaMg(CO3)2
Strunz: 
5.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal - Rhombohedral
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
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