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Chalcopyrite & Pyrrhotite

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Chalcopyrite & Pyrrhotite

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Banská Štiavnica, Banská Štiavnica County, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.7 × 3.7 × 1.3 cm
Weight: 
60.00gr
Description

Specimen of massive oriented ore of golden chalcopyrite of very intense metallic lustre with minor reddish magnetic pyrrhotite and dark blue bornite?. Representative specimen from this super classic mining district.

With a label from the collection of Ex J.Muizebelt stock.

Combine specimens to reduce shipping costs!.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chalcopyrite

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

Pyrrhotite

Formula: 
Fe1-xS (x = 0 to 0.17)
Strunz: 
2.CC.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

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