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Pyrite & Sphalerite

New find in 2019

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Description
Locality: 
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department, Peru
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3.8 × 5.5 × 2.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.80cm
Weight: 
72.00gr
Description

A cluster of lustrous octahedral pyrite crystals, partly covered by black botryoidal sphalerite, as the Peruvian dealers declare these. Corners of octahedra are truncated by tiny cube and pentagon dodecahedral faces. This material appeared this Summer at the Ste Marie aux Mines mineral show. Cluster is detached from larger mass of pyrite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrite

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

Sphalerite

Formula: 
ZnS
Strunz: 
2.CB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

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