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Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Krushev Dol Mine, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 4.2 × 3 cm
Description

Exposed intergrown pyrite crystals on a white and green talc-matrix. The pyrite shows a beautiful dark patina with beautiful intensive longitudinal stripping on the faces. No significant damage to report; the bottom was extracted from the rock.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrite

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