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Baryte & Marcasite

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Baryte & Marcasite

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Description
Locality: 
Sauberg Mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.9 × 3.4 × 2.4 cm
Weight: 
55.00gr
Description

A sample of Pyrite and Marcasite-covered Baryte from Sauberg Mine.
 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baryte

Formula: 
BaSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White

Marcasite

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