5 pcs CHALCOPYRITE (PEACOCK ORE) 312CTS RT1946

Description

THREE PCS  L 30X15X8 SIZE MM

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