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Pyrrhotite Galena & Quartz

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Pyrrhotite Galena & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Santa Eulalia, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 5.7 × 5 cm
Description

Nice, very brassy, etched pyrrhotite crystal with gray galena and colorless quartz crystals.

Better in nature.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrrhotite

Formula: 
Fe1-xS (x = 0 to 0.17)
Strunz: 
2.CC.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Galena

Formula: 
PbS
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Lead-grey
Streak: 
Lead-grey

Quartz

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

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