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Arsenopyrite Quartz & Dolomite

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Arsenopyrite Quartz & Dolomite

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Description
Locality: 
Madem-Lakko Mine, Cassandra Mines, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 5 × 4 cm
Description

Highly lustrus arsenopyrite crystals in groups with transparent quartz and dolomite on matrix.
Specimen has crystals all around with only a broken part that can be used as base.From the now closed Madem Lakkos mine specimens like this are found only from collections.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Arsenopyrite

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

Quartz

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

Dolomite

Formula: 
CaMg(CO3)2
Strunz: 
5.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal - Rhombohedral
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White

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