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Chalcopyrite With Pyrite

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Chalcopyrite With Pyrite

Ex Gunnar Färber, Samswegen, Germany
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Rodrigues Triple Junction, Indian Ocean, Indonesia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 4.5 × 2.5 cm
Weight: 
34.00gr
Description

This is a very rare specimen from a black smoker at Rodrigues Triple Junction in a depth of 2850 m. The specimens hosts tiny, lustrous pyrite/chalcopyrite crystals (pics 4 & 5) and crusts of pale yellow sulfur (pics 6, 7 & 8).

Rare and really hard-to-get material!

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

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