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Calcite Pyrite Quartz & Sphalerite

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Calcite Pyrite Quartz & Sphalerite

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Description
Locality: 
Stan Terg Mine, Trepča, Mitrovica District, Kosovo
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11 × 8 × 5 cm
Description

A very aesthetic specimen here and there some contacts but all in all a very good condition.

Golden pyrite is sitting on glossy calcite in 2 generations. Also small crystals of a "black" mineral with a metallic lustre - maybe sphalerite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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

Pyrite

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

Sphalerite

Formula: 
ZnS
Strunz: 
2.CB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0