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Chalcopyrite from
Hendy Quarry, Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, UK


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Comments:Both malachite and azurite occur rarely, the former as groups of acicular crystals in oxydised chalcopyrite, the latter as individual crystals to 2mm. Goethite occurred as plates of intergrown crystals to 10mm, in the overburden.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hendy Quarry, Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:66877
Long-form Identifier:1:3:66877:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘBute Quarry, Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, UK
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘMwyndy Mine, Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, UK
3.6km (2.3 miles) ⓘCregiau Quarry, Pentyrch, Cardiff, Wales, UK
6.6km (4.1 miles) ⓘLlanilid West Opencast Coalmine, Llanharan, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, UK
7.0km (4.3 miles) ⓘTaff's Well Quarry, Pentyrch, Cardiff, Wales, UK
11.8km (7.3 miles) ⓘUniversal Colliery, Senghenydd, Caerphilly, Wales, UK
13.7km (8.5 miles) ⓘLlanbradach Colliery, Llanbradach, Caerphilly, Wales, UK
13.8km (8.6 miles) ⓘAbercynon Colliery (Dowlais Cardiff), Abercynon, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, UK
15.2km (9.4 miles) ⓘGelli Colliery (Globe), Gelli, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, UK
15.5km (9.6 miles) ⓘFerndale Pits (Blaenllechau Colliery), Tylorstown, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, UK
References
Ian Jones collection
 
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