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Arsenopyrite & Sphalerite

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Arsenopyrite & Sphalerite

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Description
Locality: 
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.7 × 3 × 2.5 cm
Weight: 
40.00gr
Description

Very nice and rare specimen of arsenopyrite crystals overgrown by dark green sphalerite, almost black on surface, and associated with fluorescent calcite, aegirine and other unidentified species.  Collected by Gilles Haineault.  Ex-Paul Lortie specimen (label).

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Arsenopyrite

Formula: 
FeAsS
Strunz: 
2.EB.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0

Sphalerite

Formula: 
ZnS
Strunz: 
2.CB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

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