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Pyrite With Galena

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Pyrite With Galena

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Description
Locality: 
Nikolayevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russian Federation
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 7 × 4.9 cm
Largest Crystal: 
14.00cm
Description

Modified cubic pyrite crystals that have stepped faces and have a brassy colour that is quite lustrous. Some minor cubic galena crystals add interest near the base of the specimen.

There is no damage at all and the specimen sits well for display purposes. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrite

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

Galena

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