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Galena & Pyrite

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Galena & Pyrite

With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Hungary
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 6 × 2.3 cm
Description

Spinell twinned galena with pyrite pseudomorph after pyrrhotite from former Hungary. Comes with an antique handwritten label.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Galena

Formula: 
PbS
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Lead-grey
Streak: 
Lead-grey

Pyrite

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