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Siderite On Pyrite

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Siderite On Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Eagle Mine, Gilman, Eagle County, Colorado, United States of America
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.7 × 5 × 3.4 cm
Description

Platy brown siderite on glossy brass-colored pyrite crystals. Seldom offered US locality.

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

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