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Calcite & Chalcopyrite

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Calcite & Chalcopyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Taxco de Alarcón, Guerrero, Mexico
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 3.4 × 2.5 cm
Description

Very colorfull sparkling chalcopyrite with several isolated groups on white calcite. Great visual impact, fine quality, undamaged.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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

Chalcopyrite

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