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Siderite & Pyrrhotite

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Siderite & Pyrrhotite

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Description
Locality: 
Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Mare, Maramureș County, Romania
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Museum (18cm plus)
Size: 
24 × 14 × 5 cm
Weight: 
1 922.00gr
Description

Globular siderite on pyrrhotite from Herja, Romania.

Huge specimen (about 24 cm) - for details please use the magnifier.

Heavy stable metallic matrix and siderite with intensive orange-brown colour.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Siderite

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

Pyrrhotite

Formula: 
Fe1-xS (x = 0 to 0.17)
Strunz: 
2.CC.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

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