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Siderite & Pyrite On Quartz

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Siderite & Pyrite On Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Trepča, Mitrovica District, Kosovo
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
14 × 8.5 × 7.5 cm
Description

Fantastic large quartz crystal group, in large parts covered with reddish siderite, two multiple-twinned pyrite crystals perched on one of the quartz crystals. A really astonishing, very uncommon specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Siderite

Formula: 
FeCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White

Pyrite

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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