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Arsenopyrite Fluorite Muscovite Siderite & Quartz

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Arsenopyrite Fluorite Muscovite Siderite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Panasqueira Mines, Covilhã, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 4.5 × 4.2 cm
Weight: 
158.00gr
Description

Very characteristic piece formed by a matrix of arsenopyrite with quartz, covered by beautiful crystals of globular fluorite and crystals of muscovite, accompanied by the aggregate of all the crystalline aggregate by siderite crystals. A beautiful mineralogical formation of sulphides, halides, silicates, carbonates and oxides that is seldom seen in all its splendor from the Portuguese mines of Panasqueira.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Arsenopyrite

Formula: 
FeAsS
Strunz: 
2.EB.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0

Fluorite

Formula: 
CaF2
Strunz: 
3.AB.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

Muscovite

Formula: 
KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.15
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White

Siderite

Formula: 
FeCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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