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Marcasite On Calcite

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Marcasite On Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Bülten-Adenstedt Mine, Ilsede, Peine District, Lower Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 3.2 × 1.7 cm
Description

A small but very fine marcasite specimen from the Emilie Mine (or Bülten-Adenstedt Mine).
Specimens like this one are very hard to find nowadays.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Marcasite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.10a
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White
Cartils Minerals

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