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Pyrrhotite & Galena & Quartz

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Pyrrhotite & Galena & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russian Federation
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 5 × 5 cm
Description

Grey metallic galena crystals on clusters of golden pyrrhotite crystals with milky quartz crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrrhotite

Formula: 
Fe1-xS (x = 0 to 0.17)
Strunz: 
2.CC.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Galena

Formula: 
PbS
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Lead-grey
Streak: 
Lead-grey

Quartz

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