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Pyrite Arsenopyrite & Quartz

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Pyrite Arsenopyrite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Madem-Lakkos Mine, Chalkidiki Prefecture, Central Macedonia, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
6 × 9.5 × 4.5 cm
Description

Sparkling golden yellow pyrite crystals with quartz and arsenopyrite on matrix rock.Very fine and old specimen from this classic for such specimens locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrite

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

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

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