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Chalcopyrite, Acanthite, Quartz, Calcite from Guanajuato Silver Mining District, Guanajuato, Mexico

 
Chalcopyrite, Acanthite, Quartz, Calcite from Guanajuato Silver Mining District, Guanajuato, Mexico

Chalcopyrite, Acanthite, Quartz, Calcite from Guanajuato Silver Mining District, Guanajuato, Mexico

Chalcopyrite, Acanthite, Quartz, Calcite from Guanajuato Silver Mining District, Guanajuato, Mexico

Chalcopyrite, Acanthite, Quartz, Calcite from Guanajuato Silver Mining District, Guanajuato, Mexico

DESCRIPTION:No. 72783
Mineral:Chalcopyrite, Acanthite, Quartz, Calcite
Locality:Guanajuato Silver Mining District, Guanajuato, Mexico
Description:Complex cluster of lustrous yellow-metallic chalcopyrite microcrystals over gray-metallic acanthite crystals to 2 mm with translucent rhombohedral calcite crystals to 5 mm and intermixed with lustrous transparent colorless quartz crystals to 2 mm. Collected ca. 2005
Overall Size:44x20x20 mm
Crystals:micro to 5 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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