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Tetrahedrite Pyrite & Rhodochrosite

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Tetrahedrite Pyrite & Rhodochrosite

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Description
Locality: 
Cavnic Mine, Maramureș County, Romania
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.2 × 6.4 × 3 cm
Description

Twinned sharp lustrous tetrahedrite crystals with pyrite and quartz on rhodochrosite matrix.

The tetrahedral crystals are very well defined and showy.

From this classic european locality

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tetrahedrite

Formula: 
Cu6[Cu4(Fe,Zn)2]Sb4S13
Strunz: 
2.GB.05
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Pyrite

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

Rhodochrosite

Formula: 
MnCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Cavnic Mine (Kapnikbánya), Cavnic (Kapnic; Kapnik), Maramureș Co., Romania
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