Chalcopyrite with Dolomite
specimen number:
2004008
location:
Sweetwater mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA
description: Very unusual lustrous golden thin platy crystals of chalcopyrite to 0.8 cm in size across the top of this matrix with white crystallized dolomite. Very slight micro-chipping along one edge, this still, I think, in very good condition. Quite unusual for the species, these came out for a brief time in the late 2000's.
Size: 6.0 x 3.5 x 1.3 cm (small-cabinet)
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