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Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Calcite Quarry, Holzen, Arnsberg, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 2.3 × 1.9 cm
Description

Calcite and baryte specimens from Holzen quarry are well known. This specimen shows rainbow coloured pyrite cubes grown onto snowy white dolomite crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrite

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