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Chalcopyrite Pyrite & Chlorite

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Chalcopyrite Pyrite & Chlorite

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Nababeep West Mine, Nababeep, Okiep, Namakwa District, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12 × 9 × 8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.00cm
Weight: 
815.00gr
Description

Golden and iridescent colored chalcopyrite crystals up to 2 cm with small pyrite cubes of the same color, tiny pale green chlorite and unidentified lath-shaped pale brown translucent crystals (probably enstatite).

Very rare. From a lesser known classic South African locality, first offered at e-rocks.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chalcopyrite

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

Pyrite

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

Chlorite

Synonym Of: 

Chlorite Group

Group Parent: 
Chlorite
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2 - 2.5
Colour: 
Green, Grey, Brown
Streak: 
colourless

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