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Pyrite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Huaron Mines, Pasco Department, Peru
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Museum (18cm plus)
Size: 
3.3 × 18 × 9 cm
Description

Lustrous striated pyrite cubes sitting between clear quartz crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrite

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White