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Quartz Chalcopyrite & Ankerite

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Quartz Chalcopyrite & Ankerite

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Description
Locality: 
Nant Helen Mine, Onllwyn, Neath Port Talbot, Wales, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 4.5 × 2.4 cm
Weight: 
75.00gr
Description

This is a classic combination specimen from the Welsh coal fields consisting of a thin slate matrix covered in tiny quartz crystals which in turn are covered with sharp off-white/creamy ankerite crystals up to 7 mm on edge. Scattered over the ankerite crystals are small brassy chalcopyrite crystals to 1.5 mm. There are also a pair of highly lustrous translucent quartz crystals, the largest of which is 18 mm long and double terminated.  A very clean and showy specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

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

Chalcopyrite

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

Ankerite

Formula: 
Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2
Strunz: 
5.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Styrian Erzberg, Eisenerz, Styria, Austria

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