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Gold On Pyrite

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Gold On Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Beaconfield Gold Mine, Beaconsfield, West Tamar, Tasmania, Australia
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 4.5 × 2 cm
Description

Aggregates of Native Gold on Quartz with Pyrite on a Calcite matrix. There is also some very fine gold on some of the pyrite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gold

Formula: 
Au
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

Pyrite

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