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Pyrrhotite

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Pyrrhotite

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Description
Locality: 
Morro Velho Mine, Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 2.3 × 1.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.60cm
Description

A good and attractive pyrrhotite crystal specimen with minor matrix from the famous location in Brazil.

Ex Rheinländer collection, Germany.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrrhotite

Formula: 
Fe1-xS (x = 0 to 0.17)
Strunz: 
2.CC.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0