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Amethyst Calcite & Marcasite

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Amethyst Calcite & Marcasite

Ex Paul Hanses Collection (Germany)
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Bülten-Adenstedt Mine, Ilsede, Peine District, Lower Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 4.5 × 7.5 cm
Description

Nice example with very slightly violet and lustrous quartz with calcite and marcasite on matrix from this classic locale.

Small dings to the quartz, nevertheless not a bad example from this long abandoned mine and classic German locale: rare!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Amethyst

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Formula: 
SiO2
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Purple

Calcite

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

Marcasite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.10a
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5

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Best regards Roger