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Bismutite & Chalcopyrite

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Bismutite & Chalcopyrite

Collected by John & Robert Lawson
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Shap Pink Quarry, Shap, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 7 × 5.5 cm
Weight: 
377.00gr
Description

A very nice and unusual locality example of Shap Granite matrix with large pink feldspar phenocrysts and one face covered in golden/irridecent chalcopyrite with dark grey bismuthinite crystals. LC

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bismutite

Formula: 
(BiO)2CO3
Strunz: 
5.BE.25
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.5
Streak: 
Grey
Type Locality: 
Arme Hilfe Mine, Ullersreuth, Hirschberg, Vogtland, Thuringia, Germany

Chalcopyrite

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

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