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Pyrrhotite

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Pyrrhotite

With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Monteneve Mine, Passiria Valley, South Tirol, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 5 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.70cm
Description

alpine pyrrhotite specimen from the past century with a handwritten label of Dipl. Ing W. Maucher.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrrhotite

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