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Fluorite Pyrite & Calcite

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Fluorite Pyrite & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Běstvina, Chrudim District, Pardubice Region, Czech Republic
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 2.6 × 2.2 cm
Description

Yellow fluorite that is covered with pyrite. Also crusts of pyrite or marcasite. Very rare and hard to obtain.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Fluorite

Formula: 
CaF2
Strunz: 
3.AB.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

Pyrite

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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White