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Siderite With Chalcopyrite & Quartz

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Siderite With Chalcopyrite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Cakmakkaya Mine, Murgul, Artvin Province, Turkey
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.7 × 3.3 × 1.7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.10cm
Description

Very fine brownish siderite crystals up to 1.1 cm with golden shining chalcopyrite crystals and transparent quartz. There's another dark, little etched crystal which looks like arsenopyrite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Siderite

Formula: 
FeCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White

Chalcopyrite

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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