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Pyrite Arsenopyrite & Quartz

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Pyrite Arsenopyrite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Schwarzkopf, Rauris, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 2.8 × 2.5 cm
Description

This specimen is from a famous discovery at Schwarzkopf mountain. The only find ever in the entire area which shows a combination of these three minerals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrite

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

Arsenopyrite

Formula: 
FeAsS
Strunz: 
2.EB.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0

Quartz

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