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Dolomite With Pyrite

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Dolomite With Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Hellberg Quarry, Kirn, Hunsrück, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 4 × 5.3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.70cm
Description

Pink dolomite from the Kirn quarry is very rare. This specimen is high-lightened by tiny pyrite crystals forming on the edges of half of the crystals. Found only one time in 2009.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Dolomite

Formula: 
CaMg(CO3)2
Strunz: 
5.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal - Rhombohedral
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White

Pyrite

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

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