Chalcopyrite

4660 Shadlunite, chalcopyrite, pentlandite, cubanite, magnetite, galena, sphalerite, and silver, Mayak Mine (Majak Mine), Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril’sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia

Type Locality. Polished section & analysis of this very rare lead-iron analogue of pentlandite, from the type locality, present as typical submicroscopic grains embedded in massive sulphides. Ex Raymond Hodgson Collection (4272) obtained in 2007....

July 24, 2020

Australasia Australia Tasmania

9020 JP2381 Arsenopyrite, Sphalerite, Chalcopyrite, Colebrook Hill, Rosebery district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania

Sharp crystals of pale brass arsenopyrite and black sphalerite, and a tiny bit of chalcopyrite. Photo width 9mm. Stack of 50 images (arsenopyrite), and 60 images (sphalerite). Ex Jo Price specimen.

May 31, 2020

Europe Russia

30102 Quartz, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Chalcopyrite, Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia

A lot going on here. Orange phantoms in quartz crystals. These are coated in white drusy quartz. Then there are colourless quartz scepters. But not just at the tips. There are tiny little sceptres ALONG...

May 17, 2020

Europe Russia

30078 Calcite, Sphalerite, Chalcopyrite, Quartz, Fluorite, Bor Pit, Dal’negorsk B deposit, Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia

Tiny white calcite on yellowish calcite, chalcopyrite partially covered by sphalerite, and quartz and colourless fluorite. Video best viewed full screen.

April 22, 2020

United Kingdom Wales

ncat JL2006 Siderite, Chalcopyrite, Elaterite, Albion Mine, Cilfynnydd, Pontypridd, Wales

Acquired by Joan Lamond in 1996 from Harry Critchley.

October 15, 2019

Dumfries and Galloway Scotland United Kingdom

ncat JP1474 Chalcopyrite, Smithsonite, Blackcraig Mine (East Blackcraig Mine; West Blackcraig Mine), Blackcraig, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK

October 8, 2019

Europe Germany

4776 Chalcopyrite, Lead smelter (Kupferkammer smelter) slag locality, Hettstedt, Mansfeld Basin, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Helmut Braith

October 5, 2019

Europe Germany

4810 Arsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Clara Mine, Rankach valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Ex Erwin Schuhbauer Collection, Helmut Braith

October 5, 2019

North and Central Americas Pennsylvania United States

4942 Chalcopyrite, Burkholder Quarry, Martindale, Earl Township, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, USA

Tucson Micromount Symposium

October 5, 2019

Asia China

5000 Jamesonite, Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite, Yaogangxian Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China

Ex John Sobolewski, Matt Gibbs

October 5, 2019

Europe Germany

30018 Raspite, Chamosite, Arsenopyrite, Fluorite, Chalcopyrite, Quartz, Clara Mine, Rankach valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Pinkish raspite (single crystal), cream chamosite balls, prismatic arsenopyrite, including some partial trillings, colourless fluorite, well-formed chalcopyrite crystals and colourless quartz crystals. Ex Wolfgang Henkel.