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Calcite & Pyrrhotite

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Calcite & Pyrrhotite

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Description
Locality: 
Trepča, Mitrovica District, Kosovo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.7 × 5.9 × 3.6 cm
Description

An expsoded group of glossy and snowy white calcite crystals attractively set on a group og pyrrhotite, hich is partly covered by micro-crystals of pyrite. More tri-diemnsional in person!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

Pyrrhotite

Formula: 
Fe1-xS (x = 0 to 0.17)
Strunz: 
2.CC.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0