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Pyrite Psm Fossil Goniatids

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Pyrite Psm Fossil Goniatids

Pseudomorph

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Description
Locality: 
Batzbach Slate Pit, Eschenburg, Giessen, Hesse, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.1 × 3.7 × 0.4 cm
Description

An extremely rare pyritized fossil of a rare Devonian goniatites species. Even though I've been an avid fossil collector and was born in Hesse I never heard about that material until last year's Saint-Marie show. Only a few specimens found and the pit was not working for long - recultivated now.

Goniatites were the ancestors of ammonites.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrite

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

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