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Pyrite Arsenopyrite & Calcite

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Pyrite Arsenopyrite & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Stan Terg Mine, Trepča, Mitrovica District, Kosovo
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Museum (18cm plus)
Size: 
19 × 10 × 6 cm
Description

Lustrous golden pyrite crystals with brassy arsenopyrite crystals and colorless calcite rhombs and minor black sphalerite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrite

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

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