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Vivianite & Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Brunita Open Pit, La Paraleja, La Unión, Murcia, Spain
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 5.5 × 2.6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.20cm
Description

Double-terminated green vivianite crystal with bluish areas on matrix, associated with siderite and very small, but very beautiful octahedral pyrite crystals.

The crystal is large for the locality (usually we find crystals of a few millimeters)Old specimen mined by myself in the early 80s.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Vivianite

Formula: 
Fe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.CE.40
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Wheal Kind (Wheal Kine), West Wheal Kitty group, St Agnes, St Agnes District, Cornwall, England, UK

Pyrite

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