200 GRAMS CHALCOPYRITE (PEACOCK ORE) GG 1254

Description

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Chalcopyrite has a golden yellow color, which often resembles Gold.

However, its physical properties such as streak and tenacity different from Gold and can easily distinguish it.

Chalcopyrite is a beautiful mineral and good crystals and specimens are fairly common, leading it to be a very popular mineral.

“Peacock Ore” which is sold to many amateur mineral collectors often as a variety of Bornite, is in fact almost always Chalcopyrite that is treated with acid to produce an irredescent bright hues of peacock colours