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Hematite Psm Pyrite

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Hematite Psm Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Dognecea, Ocna de Fier, Banat Mountains, Caraş-Severin County, Romania
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 5 × 4.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.30cm
Description

Sharp and lustrous black hematite psm pyrite crystals with pyrite in matrix.

Nice old specimen from Armin Wendland collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

Pyrite

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