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Gold With Limonite Psm Pyrite

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Gold With Limonite Psm Pyrite

ex Marcus Lueg personal collection
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Description
Locality: 
Straßegg, Gasen, Weiz District, Styria, Austria
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 2.5 × 1.5 cm
Weight: 
9.40gr
Description

This specimen features some tiny gold leaves on the surface of limonite pseudomorphing cubic pyrite crystals. The gold is visible with the naked eyes.

From an ancient arsenic and gold mining area, located north and northeast of Straßegg pass.
Note on the gold of Straßegg: Around 1985 came many micromount- to thumbnail-sized quartz specimens with pyrite/limonite and gold on the market, typically marked with small red markers. This gold is NOT from the arsenic mine. The finder never told the correct locality and died with his knowledge. Best is to label those specimens as "Unknown locality next to Birkfeld" (cit. mindat).

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

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