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TitlePyrrhotite with chalcopyrite and magnetite
DescriptionThe gold-yellow mineral here is chalcopyrite. The non-yellow (darker bronze-gray) material is pyrrhotite mixed with magnetite. These are all important copper (Cu) and iron (Fe) ore minerals - chalcopyrite has composition CuFeS2, pyrrhotite is Fe1-xS and magnetite is Fe3O4. The specimen is 9 cm in longest dimension.
LocationCanada ▹ Ontario. Near Sadbury.
PhotographerDarla Sondrol. 2001-07-09.
CollectionUniversity of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #190.
Key wordspyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, magnetite, Ontario, Canada
Tech details806 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens.
GeoDIL number1055