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Chalcopyrite & Sphalerite

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Chalcopyrite & Sphalerite

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Description
Locality: 
Camp Bird Mine, Camp Bird, Sneffels, Ouray County, Colorado, United States of America
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 2 × 1.5 cm
Description

Metallic brassy colored chalcopyrite with associated lustrous black sphalerite crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chalcopyrite

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

Sphalerite

Formula: 
ZnS
Strunz: 
2.CB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0