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MD-219322
Millerite, Chalcopyrite
Strathcona Mine, Levack, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada
Miniature, 4.4 x 3.8 x 1.8 cm
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You probably think of millerite (nickel sulfide) in its rare crystalline (acicular) form, as that is the form it takes in most collector specimens. But here, it appears as a silvery vein running through a chunk of gaudy golden and purple chalcopyrite. Ex. Dr. Gunter Grundmann Collection.