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Limonite Psm Pyrite

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Limonite Psm Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Kirkeeks Treasure Mine, Nillinghoo Goldfield, Mount Victor Plumbago Station, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.4 × 3.2 × 3.4 cm
Description

A large single and well formed pyritehedron of limonite after pyrite from this small old goldfield in the remote Flinders Ranges. Some of these crystals contained free gold on the surface or when broken open.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrite

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