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Chalcopyrite & Calcite Psm Chalcopyrite

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Chalcopyrite & Calcite Psm Chalcopyrite

ex collection Thomas Kettner
Pseudomorph

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Description
Locality: 
Füsseberg Mine, Biersdorf, Herdorf, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 4.1 × 2 cm
Description

Very nice golden, glossy chalcopyrite crystal cluster with a hollow crystal, covered by tiny calcite (maybe siderite?) crystals - an epimorph/perimorph.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chalcopyrite

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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

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