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Molybdenite With Pyrite

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Molybdenite With Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Aughrusbeg Lough, Cleggan, Connemara, County Galway, Irish Republic (Eire)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2 × 2 cm
Description

Bright molybdenite and pyrite crystals on matrix from a rare Irish locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Molybdenite

Formula: 
MoS2
Strunz: 
2.EA.30
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
1.0 - 1.5

Pyrite

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