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Arsenopyrite & Calcite

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Arsenopyrite & Calcite

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Stan Terg Mine, Trepča, Mitrovica District, Kosovo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 7.5 × 6.5 cm
Weight: 
760.00gr
Description

Beautiful arsenopyrite specimen from the classic locality Trepca mine.

Arsenopyrite crystals form steel gray - to golden gray crystals in association with good contrasting white calcite crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Arsenopyrite

Formula: 
FeAsS
Strunz: 
2.EB.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0

Calcite

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