Chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite, magnetite, sphalerite and pyrite. Sweden




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250µm


Chalcopyrite (yellow) is intergrown with pyrrhotite (light brown, left) and minor sphalerite (grey, bottom left). Within the silicate-rich central areas, euhedral magnetite (light grey, higher reflectance than sphalerite, centre) carries pyrrhotite inclusions. A single euhedral crystal of pyrite (white, centre left) is present.


Polished block, plane polarized light, x 80, air



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