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Arsenopyrite Sphalerite & Calcite

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Arsenopyrite Sphalerite & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Stan Terg Mine, Trepča, Mitrovica District, Kosovo
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Museum (18cm plus)
Size: 
20 × 11 × 7 cm
Description

Lustrous brassy arsenopyrite crystals with sharp dark lustrous sphalerite crystals and clusters of colorless calcite crystals on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Arsenopyrite

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

Sphalerite

Formula: 
ZnS
Strunz: 
2.CB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Calcite

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