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Pyrite

Floater

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Description
Locality: 
Chivor Mine, Chivor Municipality, Boyacá Department, Colombia
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.9 × 3.1 × 2.8 cm
Description

The specimen is developed as floater, it shows a rare kind of "twinned" habit - a so named "Iron Cross". The specimen is in an early stage of alteration - it shows a dark red patina, which is still lustrous and with attarctive startiation. It is perfect 360°, can be shown in really each angle - upside down, backisde as frontside; no matter - always beautiful. Next to habit also the locality represents a rarity! Not too much of this stuff reached the market.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrite

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