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Sphalerite & Chalcopyrite

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Sphalerite & Chalcopyrite

Ex B Shelton Collection

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Description
Locality: 
Moonta Mines, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 2.5 × 2.5 cm
Description

A single, very sharp, lustrous black crystal of sphalerite with several small chalcopyrite clusters around there sphalerite crystal edges. This is an old specimen and dates from the early 1900's

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sphalerite

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

Chalcopyrite

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