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Magnetite & Pyrite

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Magnetite & Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Burguillos del Cerro, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 4.9 × 3.8 cm
Weight: 
142.00gr
Description

This piece is from Burguillos del Cerro, and we must say that this area for more than 100 years was exploited to extract iron minerals for the industry, and that in 2017 the area was declared a place of scientific interest. In the municipality of Burguillos there are a series of mines located within a skarn with a great variety of lithologies, which have caused a strong mineralization, mainly of magnetite linked with sulphides, arsenides, borates, uranium ores and so-called rare earths, providing beautiful mineral pieces to the world of mineralogy. The piece in question is a matrix in which there are scattered precious crystals of magnetite, of black metallic luster, isometric crystalline system, opaque, with an octahedral morphology of great beauty and embedded in said matrix there is a large pyrite crystal, of metallic luster, yellowish color, isometric crystalline system, pentagonal dodecahedral morphology, with striated faces, opaque and curious where it is located. In short, a beautiful piece with a high magnetic content, as can be seen in the photos with the magnet.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Magnetite

Formula: 
Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Strunz: 
4.BB.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Streak: 
Black

Pyrite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5

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- Colour may vary due to the camera sensor.