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Arsenopyrite Quartz & Sphalerite

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Arsenopyrite Quartz & Sphalerite

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Description
Locality: 
Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.7 × 4.5 × 2.4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Description

Pyrite coated Arsenopyrites in combination with prismatic milky quartz, small Siderites and Sphalerite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Arsenopyrite

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

Sphalerite

Formula: 
ZnS
Strunz: 
2.CB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0