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Arsenopyrite

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Arsenopyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.7 × 4 × 2.9 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Description

Splendent, blocky, silver-metallic crystals with a very nifty light iridescence. All of them are lustrous and sharp. Larges crystal reach 1 cm. Minor white calcite in association. Hard to find material. Collected in 1990s.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Arsenopyrite

Formula: 
FeAsS
Strunz: 
2.EB.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0