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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 19:45, 27 June 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l15">Line 15:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 15:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Famously it was combined with zincite to build bi-crystal &quot;Perikon&quot; detectors, invented in 1908 by Greenleaf Whittier Pickard.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Famously it was combined with zincite to build bi-crystal &quot;Perikon&quot; detectors, invented in 1908 by Greenleaf Whittier Pickard.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">===Pages linking here===</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">{{Special:WhatLinksHere/Chalcopyrite}}</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

Cornish semiconductor https://cornish-semiconductor.com/index.php?title=Chalcopyrite&diff=305&oldid=prev 2026-06-21T16:00:44Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 16:00, 21 June 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l12">Line 12:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 12:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Chalcopyrite is the main ore of copper, is softer than pyrite and fairly easy to find in usable quantities. It&#039;s rarely well crystallised, but forms thick veins and large blobs, usually in quartz.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Chalcopyrite is the main ore of copper, is softer than pyrite and fairly easy to find in usable quantities. It&#039;s rarely well crystallised, but forms thick veins and large blobs, usually in quartz.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Due to the copper content it has a very low overall resistance, I find it one of the easiest minerals to find good semiconducting junctions, it doesn't seem to alter much with oxidisation or weathering.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Due to the copper content it has a very low overall resistance, I find it one of the easiest minerals to find good semiconducting junctions, it doesn't seem to alter much with oxidisation or weathering<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. Unlike [[pyrite]] it doesn't seem to vary much between sites or occurrences</ins>.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Famously it was combined with zincite to build bi-crystal &quot;Perikon&quot; detectors, invented in 1908 by Greenleaf Whittier Pickard.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Famously it was combined with zincite to build bi-crystal &quot;Perikon&quot; detectors, invented in 1908 by Greenleaf Whittier Pickard.</div></td></tr> </table>

Cornish semiconductor https://cornish-semiconductor.com/index.php?title=Chalcopyrite&diff=304&oldid=prev 2026-06-21T15:59:37Z

<p>Created page with &quot;* Lustre:Metallic * Transparency:Opaque * Colour:Brass yellow, often with an iridescent tarnish. * Streak:Greenish black * Hardness:3½ - 4 on Mohs scale * Tenacity:Brittle * Cleavage:Poor/Indistinct Indistinct on {011}, sometimes distinct. * Fracture:Irregular/Uneven [https://www.mindat.org/min-955.html Data from mindat.org] Chalcopyrite is the main ore of copper, is softer than pyrite and fairly easy to find in usable quantities. It&#039;s rarely well crystallised, but fo...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>* Lustre:Metallic<br /> * Transparency:Opaque<br /> * Colour:Brass yellow, often with an iridescent tarnish.<br /> * Streak:Greenish black<br /> * Hardness:3½ - 4 on Mohs scale<br /> * Tenacity:Brittle<br /> * Cleavage:Poor/Indistinct Indistinct on {011}, sometimes distinct.<br /> * Fracture:Irregular/Uneven<br /> <br /> [https://www.mindat.org/min-955.html Data from mindat.org]<br /> <br /> Chalcopyrite is the main ore of copper, is softer than pyrite and fairly easy to find in usable quantities. It&#039;s rarely well crystallised, but forms thick veins and large blobs, usually in quartz.<br /> <br /> Due to the copper content it has a very low overall resistance, I find it one of the easiest minerals to find good semiconducting junctions, it doesn&#039;t seem to alter much with oxidisation or weathering. <br /> <br /> Famously it was combined with zincite to build bi-crystal &quot;Perikon&quot; detectors, invented in 1908 by Greenleaf Whittier Pickard.</div>

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