Copper and lead ore with pyrite and calcite

Description: 1 - a layer of fine quartz and pyrite with subhedral sphalerite growing on it. 2 - sphalerite crystals growing on a layer of calcite and pyrite. 3 - large anhedral sphalerite crystal with finer pyrite overgrowths. 4 - sphalerite, chalcopyrite, galena and quartz, all subhedral to anhedral. 5 - galena and pyrite with a single sphalerite crystal. 6 - Pyrite, chalcopyrite, galena and calcite.

Taxonomic name: Chalcopyrite, sphalerite, pyrite and calcite

Collection: Natural History Geology Collection

ID number: 1966-0058

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