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Name: Chalcopyrite
Ccp
Specimens in Collection:

#95: Bornite / Chalcopyrite
Lubin Mine, Poland

#23: Siderite / Chalcopyrite
Bijie,Hezhang County,Guizhou,China

#214: Quartz, Galena, Sphalerite, Cerrusite/Anglesite, Chalcopyrite
Bulgaria

#64: Chalcopyrite
Morocco

#501: Chalcopyrite
Eagle Mine, Gilman, Eagle County, Colorado, USA

#635: Chalcopyrite / Calcite
Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA

#1243: Ankerite / Chalcopyrite
Cerro Blanco Mine, Atacama Province, Chile
IMA Chemistry: CuFeS2
Chemistry Elements: The mineral Chalcopyrite contains elements:
Copper (Cu)
Iron (Fe)
Sulfur (S)
Country of Type Locality: ?
Year First Published: 1725
IMA Status: Approved,Grandfathered
Status Notes: Henckel J F (1725) Chalcopyrites. in Pyritologia, oder Kieβ Historie, Verlegts Johann Christian Martini (Leipzig) 114-115 Oxidation states determined in: Pearce C I, Pattrick R A D, Vaughan D J, Henderson C M B, van der Laan G (2006) Copper oxidation state in chalcopyrite: Mixed Cu d9 and d10 characteristics, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 70, 4635-4624
Structural Group Name: Chalcopyrite
Fleischer's Group Name: chalcopyrite
Crystal Systems: tetragonal|cubic
Oldest Known Age: 4000 Million Years Ago
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