Calcite / Chalcopyrite

Object/Artifact

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Crater Rock Museum

Name/Title

Calcite / Chalcopyrite

Entry/Object ID

2009.62.52

Description

Chemical Composition: see above Crystal System: Hexagonal System Description: Common Name: Calcite / Chalcopyrite / Chlorargyrite Chemistry: CaCO3, Calcium Carbonate / CuFeS2, Copper Iron Sulfide / AgCl, Silver Chloride Group: Carbonites / Sulfides / Halides Location: Missouri Description: The calcite crystals are clear with a pale yellow tint, scalenohedron or dogtooth spar shape with random crystals of chalcopyrite ranaging in a varity of iridescent hues on chlorargyrite colored a grayish silver. There are traces of light green malachite around the exposed limenite matrix.

Collection

RAGM Mineral Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2009.62

Source or Donor

Museum Collection of Minerals

Acquisition Method

Donation

Dimensions

Height

7 in

Width

5 in

Length

7-1/2 in

Weight

8.52 oz

Dimension Notes

Dimension taken at widest points

Location

Location

* Untyped Location

RD-4

Room

Delmar Smith Hall

Building

Crater Rock Museum

Category

Permanent

Moved By

Curtis Gardner

Date

May 24, 2023

Notes

Added current location