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Gold With Pyrite & Chamosite

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Gold With Pyrite & Chamosite

Ex Dr. Krantz, Bonn, Germany
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Schmiedefeld, Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, Thuringia, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 6.5 × 3 cm
Weight: 
248.00gr
Description

Typical Schmiedefeld, Thuringia locality specimen which features a small gold bleb on a matrix of green chamosite and sharp pyrite crystals.
A rare 19th century specimen from Dr. Krantz stock, the gold was not identified at that time and thus only labeled as pyrite.

Comes with old label.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gold

Formula: 
Au
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

Pyrite

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

Chamosite

Formula: 
(Fe2+,Mg)5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Strunz: 
9.EC.55
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Haut de Cry, Chamoson, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland

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