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Pyrrhotite

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Pyrrhotite

Floater

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Description
Locality: 
Trepča, Mitrovica District, Kosovo
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 5.3 × 4 cm
Description

A very attractive specimen of bronze, iridescent pyrrhotite crystals with associated siderite, and some quartz crystals. The pyrrhotites are grown in many tabular layers and still diluted above. Partially covered with siderite and some quartz crystals. Well crystallized as a floater specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrrhotite

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