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Siderite Pyrite & Quartz

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Siderite Pyrite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Hagendorf South Pegmatite, Bavaria, Germany
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.1 × 0.6 cm
Description

Nice specimen with a pyrite matrix, which shows few cubes. Between the pyrite crystals are quartz crystals and siderite crystal groups.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Siderite

Formula: 
FeCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White

Pyrite

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White