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Calcite With Pyrite

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Calcite With Pyrite

Ex J. Sasamoto, Ex Dr. Krantz, Bonn, Germany
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Kamioka Mine, Hida City, Gifu Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 7 × 5.5 cm
Weight: 
246.00gr
Description

Drusy specimen hosting gray-white calcite crystals, accompanied by some small golden chalcopyrite and more brassy-colored pyrite.

Comes with old J. Sasamoto collection label. Hida Province was an old province located in the northern part of Gifu Prefecture.

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

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