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Pyrite Baryte & Sphalerite

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Pyrite Baryte & Sphalerite

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Description
Locality: 
Hampstead Farm Quarry, Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 5.5 × 5 cm
Description

a lovely example of the attractive banded growths of brassy pyrite with dark sphalerite typical of this location. Some baryte also visible on the right.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrite

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

Baryte

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

Sphalerite

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