Chalcopyrite & Dolomite

Chalcopyrite – CuFeS2
Elements: Copper, Iron, Sulfur
Class: Sulfides
Crystal System: Tetragonal
Hardness: 3.5-4
Fluorite
Talc (1)Diamond (10)
Softer than glass. A steel knife scratches it.
Dolomite – CaMg(CO3)2
Class: Carbonates
Crystal System: Trigonal
Hardness: 3.5-4
Fluorite
Talc (1)Diamond (10)
Softer than glass. A steel knife scratches it.
Origin: Sweetwater, Ellington Reynolds Co., Missouri – Usa
Did you know?

Brassy and gold-flecked, chalcopyrite is the single most important source of copper on Earth, the ore behind most of the metal in modern wiring.

Dolomite builds entire mountain ranges, including the Italian range named after it, yet almost never forms in today's seas and resists easy growth in the lab. Geologists still call this the dolomite problem.