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Chalcopyrite On Quartz

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Chalcopyrite On Quartz

Ex J & S Mommers Collection

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Description
Locality: 
Moonta Mines, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 3.7 × 3.4 cm
Description

A great oldtime chalcopyrite cluster on quartz acquired in 1986 from the Kevin & Joan Davy Miniature Collection. (Wagga Wagga)

The chalcopyrite group has a brssy patina, is bright with a good lustre and sits on a group of translucent quartz and hematite. A very attractive specimen from this locale and is in excellent condition especially comsidering it was originally collected more than a hundred years ago

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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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