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Pyrite

Floater

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Description
Locality: 
Plattenkogel North Slope, Bad Gastein, St Johann im Pongau District, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 2.6 × 1.8 cm
Description

A nice pyrite crystal with a lovely rust-brown patina that is completely unharmed on all sides. As a floater, this specimen shows no contact, no damage and no abrasion of any kind. It is very rare and hard to find this kind of alpine pyrite!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrite

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