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Calcite with included Chalcopyrite

#WR54138

Calcite with included Chalcopyrite

#WR54138
Availability
Sold
Size
5 x 3.5 x 1.7 cm - Miniature 
Formula
CaCO3 (RRUFF)
Locality
Faraday mine, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada
Tagged
carbonate

A cleaved Calcite piece with incredible inclusions of Chalcopyrite stringers and unknown "grated" red planes of perhaps alco Chalcopyrite(?). 

Calcite

Formula
CaCO3 
Crystal System
Trigonal 
Crystal Habit
Crystalline - Coarse, Stalactitic, Massive 
Cleavage
Perfect, Perfect, Perfect 
Luster
Vitreous (Glassy) 
Color
colorless, white, pink, yellow, brown 
Streak
white 
Class
Trigonal - Hexagonal Scalenohedral 
Fracture
Brittle - Conchoidal 
Hardness

Data courtesy of Webmineral.

Collection
Willard L. Roberts Collection
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