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Pyrite On Galena Fluorite & Quartz

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Pyrite On Galena Fluorite & Quartz

ex collection Horst Bauer
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Description
Locality: 
Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11.5 × 9.2 × 6 cm
Weight: 
1 858.00gr
Description

Exceptional historical specimen. Bright golden-brassy pyrite balls on stacked galena crystals (if you take a closer look you'll see that the galena crystals are well developed, even showing twinning) with a few fluorite and quartz crystals. Very rare specimen. You won't find botryoidal pyrite on galena from this locality anywhere else.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrite

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

Galena

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

Fluorite

Formula: 
CaF2
Strunz: 
3.AB.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

Quartz

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

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