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Chalcopyrite & Calcite

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Chalcopyrite & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Iberia mine, Cabezo Rajado, La Unión, Sierra de Cartagena, Murcia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 3.2 × 2.6 cm
Weight: 
32.00gr
Description

Group of very beautiful and aesthetic chalcopyrite crystals on white calcite. I found this piece myself in 1976 on the material transport belt from the mine to the loading platform.

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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