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Pyrite On Calcite

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Pyrite On Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Příbram District, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 6 × 4 cm
Description

Lustrous and sparkling pyrite crystals covering sharp calcite scalenohedral crystals. This is truely a very attractive and outstanding old time Pribram specimen from Hofmann collection, Nuremberg, Germany.

Beautiful !

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrite

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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White