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Quartz Calcite Sphalerite & Pyrite

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Quartz Calcite Sphalerite & Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Trepča, Mitrovica District, Kosovo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
14.8 × 12.1 × 6.4 cm
Description

A really amazing piece from Treca - large free-standing, lustrous quartz crystal in combination with light sparkling calcite spheres. Minor jet-black sphalerite and sharp terimanted pyrite crystals are also present and give even more contrast to this undamages piece.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

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

Calcite

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

Sphalerite

Formula: 
ZnS
Strunz: 
2.CB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Pyrite

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