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Marcasite

Ex Dr. Krantz, Bonn, Germany
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Kimitoön, Southwest Finland, Finland
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 6 × 2.5 cm
Weight: 
122.00gr
Description

Piece of rock hosting portions of massive marcasite.

Comes with original hand-written label of A. A. Damour (1808-1902), a well-known french mineralogist, and on-glued corresponding number sticker (as usually, only the last 3 digits match). His personal mineral collection was sold to F. Krantz (who was in charge of the Krantz mineral dealership between 1891 and 1926), probably shortly after his death. "Leberkise" is an old synonym for pyrite or marcasite pseudomorph after pyrrhotite.

Kimito island actually belongs to Finland; the municipality of Kimio (Kemiö) was bilingual with majority being Swedish and minority Finnish speakers - that may be the reason why "Suede" (Sweden) is stated on the label.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Marcasite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.10a
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5

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