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Pyrite

Floater

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Description
Locality: 
Danube Power Station, Ottensheim, Urfahr-Umgebung District, Upper Austria, Austria
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.4 × 4.6 × 3.6 cm
Description

Old Austrian classics from a power station construction, mined decades ago! This material represents a great rarity; found only one time in very limited quantity. The particular specimen is even developed as floater and in excellent condition damage-wise.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrite

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