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Pyrrhotite Magnetite Pentlandite & Chalcopyrite

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Pyrrhotite Magnetite Pentlandite & Chalcopyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Levack Mine, Levack, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.9 × 1.8 × 1.8 cm
Description

Very nice piece of Ni-Cu ore from famous Sudbury area (Craig Mine) composed of massive Pyrrhotite, Pentlandite and Chalcopyrite with black crystals of Magnetite (up to 2,5 mm). Rich Cu-Ni ore with very high PGM, Ag, Au content. Found in 2015.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrrhotite

Formula: 
Fe1-xS (x = 0 to 0.17)
Strunz: 
2.CC.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Magnetite

Formula: 
Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Strunz: 
4.BB.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Streak: 
Black

Pentlandite

Formula: 
(Fe,Ni)9S8
Strunz: 
2.BB.15
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Craignure Mine, Inveraray, Strathclyde (Argyllshire), Scotland, UK

Chalcopyrite

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

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