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Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
6 × 12 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.50cm
Description

Coating of micro quartz surrounded by pyrite crystals on limestone from Smallcleugh mine, Alston, Cumbria.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrite

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