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Pyrite In Agate

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Pyrite In Agate

ex collection Conradt, Idar-Oberstein
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Description
Locality: 
Setz Quarry, Steinbach, Saarland, Germany
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.6 × 5.7 × 0.2 cm
Description

Thin slice of agate, dominated by pyrite inclusions. All the tiny cracks in the pyrite are filled with colorless agate/chalcedony.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrite

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

Agate

Variety Of: 

Chalcedony

Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Formula: 
SiO2
Hardness: 
0.0

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