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Arsenopyrite & Muscovite

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Arsenopyrite & Muscovite

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Description
Locality: 
Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3 × 6.5 × 4.2 cm
Description

A cluster of bright silvery metallic arsenopyrite crystals on muscovite blades with minor fluorite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Arsenopyrite

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

Muscovite

Formula: 
KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.15
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White