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Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
North Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.7 × 2.2 cm
Description

While pyrite is a common gangue mineral here, it is often difficult to find it in good crystals. In this piece it occurs as a solid piece, no matrix, in distorted cubic crystals. Has a previous catalougue number but I have no idea whose collection in belonged to.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrite

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