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Quartz & Pyrite

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Quartz & Pyrite

Floater

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Description
Locality: 
Cavnic Mine, Maramureș County, Romania
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
14.1 × 7 × 10.6 cm
Description

The specimen is developed a floater - pyrite crystals formed a spherical hug cluster up to 10cm in diameter, on it you can see several milky, lustrous quartz crystals - these are not regular crystals; all of them are zepters! A really exceptional piece in impressive size and excellent quality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

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

Pyrite

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