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Chalcopyrite

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Chalcopyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Ashio Mine, Ashio-machi, Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 5.1 × 2.3 cm
Description

Natural iridescent Chalcopyrite,which is rather rare, from one of the largest and most famous Copper mines of Japan,with mining activities since the16 century. A real japanese classic.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chalcopyrite

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

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