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Gersdorffite & Chalcopyrite

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Gersdorffite & Chalcopyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Mystery Offset, Nairn and Hyman Township, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 1.5 × 1.5 cm
Description

This is a sample of massive grey and tarnished darker grey gersdorffite in association with yellow chalcopyrite.

When discovered during exploration for Cu-Ni-PGE mineralization, the Mystery Offset was considered an extension of the Worthington Offset located west of Sudbury. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gersdorffite

Formula: 
NiAsS
Strunz: 
2.EB.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.5
Type Locality: 
Zinkwand, Obertalbach valley, Schladminger Tauern, Schladming, Styria, Austria

Chalcopyrite

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

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