Name

  
Chalcopyrite on dolomite
  
Chalcopyrite cast after galena
Origin: Milliken (Sweetwater) mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds Co., Missouri
Sample size: 10 x 7 x 5 cm (top), 4.5 x 5.5 x 2.5 cm (bottom)

  

Chalcopyrite on calcite with hematite
Origin: Pea Ridge mine, Washington Co., Missouri
Sample size: 5.5 x 3 x 2.2 cm
 
  
Chalcopyrite with galena
Origin: Milliken (Sweetwater) mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds Co., Missouri, U.S.A.
Sample size: 20 x 13 x 5.5 cm
 
  
Chalcopyrite with calcite (left)
Origin: Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan
Sample size: 14 x 12 x 22 mm (left), 19 mm in length (right)
 
  
Chalcopyrite with pyrite on quartz
Origin: Huaron mine, Cerro de Pasco, Pasco Department, Peru
Sample size: 33 x 22 x 17 mm
 
Chalcopyrite with galena
Origin: Huanzala, Peru
Ex. Willard Perkin collection
Sample size: 30 x 17 x 19 mm
 
  
Scattered about the mica crystals covering the matrix are bright brassy crystals of chalcopyrite to over 1 cm in size, a cluster of metallic stannite crystals measuring 15 mm across, and minor arsenopyrite crystals. There is a twinned lustrous black cassiterite crystal measuring 18 mm in size present, as well as a gemmy green cuboctahedral fluorite crystal which measures 24 mm across.
Origin: Yaogangxian Mine, Chenzhou, Chenzhou area, Hunan, Central South Region, China
Sample size: 8 x 5.5 x 4.3 cm
 
  
Chalcopyrite with pyrite, sphalerite and quartz
Origin: Groundhog Mine, Vanadium, Central District, Grant Co., New Mexico, U.S.A.
Sample size: 4.2 x 2.9 x 4.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

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