It has a brassy to golden yellow colour and a hardness of 3.5 to 4 on the Mohs scale. Its streak is diagnostic as green tinged black. On exposure to air, chalcopyrite oxidises to a variety of oxides, hydroxides and sulfate
Chalcopyrite was a copper ore.
Chalcopyrite is a tetragonal mineral made mainly from copper.
It has a brassy to golden yellow colour and a hardness of 3.5 to 4 on the Mohs scale. Its streak is diagnostic as green tinged black. On exposure to air, chalcopyrite oxidises to a variety of oxides, hydroxides and sulfate
Chalcopyrite was a copper ore.
Chalcopyrite is a tetragonal mineral made mainly from copper.