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Calcite & Pyrite

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Calcite & Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
El Hammam Mine, Ait Mimoune Caïdat, Khémisset Province, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, Morocco
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 4 × 3 cm
Description

Lustrous colorless  calcite crystals (360) with minor pyrite crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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

Pyrite

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