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Pyrite & Plumosite

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Description
Locality: 
Stan Terg Mine, Trepča, Mitrovica District, Kosovo
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.5 × 3.5 × 8 cm
Description

Example of pyrite partly covered by plumosite (boulangerite). The white minerl is siderite and can be seen with the occasional chalcopyrite crystal.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrite

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

Plumosite

Synonym Of: 

Boulangerite

Formula: 
Pb5Sb4S11
Strunz: 
2.HC.15
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

Cosalite

Formula: 
Pb2Bi2S5
Strunz: 
2.JB.10
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

Dadsonite

Formula: 
Pb23Sb25S60Cl
Strunz: 
2.HC.30
Hardness: 
2.5

Jamesonite

Formula: 
Pb4FeSb6S14
Strunz: 
2.HB.15
Hardness: 
2.5

Zinkenite

Formula: 
Pb9Sb22S42
Strunz: 
2.JB.35a
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5