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Chalcopyrite Pyrite & Quartz

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Chalcopyrite Pyrite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Rotgülden, Lungau, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12.8 × 9.9 × 4.7 cm
Description

Here we have a nice specimen from Austria. Snow-white quartz crystal needels surrounding some colourfull chalcopyrite.

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

Quartz

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