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Calcite Pyrite & Chalcopyrite

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Calcite Pyrite & Chalcopyrite

Ex J Sasamoto (Japan)

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Description
Locality: 
Fukagawa, Hokkaido Island, Japan
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 4 × 1.8 cm
Description

A nice example from a rare locale: This one comes from Dr. Krantz in Bonn (GER) with an old Sasamoto label.

Greyish calcite crystals settle on quartz with numerous lustrous small pyrite cubes and chalcopyrite crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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

Pyrite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5

Chalcopyrite

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

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