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CHALCOPYRITE with CALCITE on SPHALERITE - CHA4863

CHALCOPYRITE with CALCITE on SPHALERITE
CHALCOPYRITE with CALCITE on SPHALERITECHALCOPYRITE with CALCITE on SPHALERITE
$200.00 Weight: 510 g

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Specifications

Huanzala Mine; Huallanca District; Dos de Mayo Province; Huánuco Department, Peru
79mm x 50mm x 33mm
Golden wedge-shaped striated metallic chalcopyrite crystals to 13 mm across are sitting atop a drusy black sphalerite matrix with minor white calcite. No damage. For a brief discussion of minerals from this locality, see the special Peru issue of Mineralogical Record, Volume 28, Number 4, July-August, 1997, pages 47-55.