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Smoky Quartz & Pyrite

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Smoky Quartz & Pyrite

With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Příbram District, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.2 × 5.2 × 3.7 cm
Description

This is a very old specimen from the famous Pribram mines in Czech Republic.

Dark black and partely double terminated quartz crystals sitting on a bed of sparkling pyrite crystals on calcite matrix.

Specimen comes with a beautiful old label.

Ex Hoffmann collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Smoky Quartz

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Formula: 
SiO2
Hardness: 
0.0

Pyrite

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