AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Kansas > Chalcopyrite on Sphalerite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 41583 |
Mineral: | Chalcopyrite on Sphalerite |
Locality: | Ballard Mine, Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, Kansas |
Description: | Dark brown sphalerite complex crystals in parallel orientation with small scattered yellow metallic chalcopyrite crystals on the sphalerite. The sphalerite crystals have a bluish iridescence and the crystal surfaces are composed of many parallel faces. Ex. J. Otis collection |
Overall Size: | 6x5x3 cm |
Crystals: | 1-15 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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