Chalcopyrite, 1885


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Description

Large and heavy sample of yellow, metallic, massive chalcopyrite with isolated masses of white massive quartz. Sample is nearly completely covered with a powdery black material that is easily transferred to hands. Possibly a product of oxidization.


Subject

  • Geology
  • Mineralogy


Details

Contributor
Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894
Publisher
University of South Carolina. McKissick Museum.
Relations
Historic Southern Naturalists