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Chalcotrichite Apatite & Sphalerite

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Chalcotrichite Apatite & Sphalerite

ex collection Franz Höchster
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Description
Locality: 
Lorenz Gegentrum Mine, Halsbrücke, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 2.3 × 1.8 cm
Description

Very rare sample of cherry red, acicular cuprite-variety chalcotrichite crystals on matrix includng minor sphalerite and apatite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chalcotrichite

Variety Of: 

Cuprite

Formula: 
Cu2O
Strunz: 
4.AA.10
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Formula: 
Cu2O
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Colour: 
Red

Apatite

Synonym Of: 

Chlorapatite

Formula: 
Ca5(PO4)3Cl
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Hardness: 
5.0

Fluorapatite

Formula: 
Ca2Ca3(PO4)3F
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Hardness: 
5.0

Hydroxylapatite

Formula: 
Ca5(PO4)3(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Hardness: 
5.0
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
5

Sphalerite

Formula: 
ZnS
Strunz: 
2.CB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

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