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Marcasite With Calcite

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Marcasite With Calcite

coll. by Prof. Wotruba
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Dörnberg Mine, Ramsbeck, Bestwig, Arnsberg, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.4 × 2.5 × 2.3 cm
Description

Beautiful little specimen with bright, golden marcasite and a few white calcite scalenohedrons.
Very rarely offered material.

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

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