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Pyrite Sphalerite & Baryte

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Pyrite Sphalerite & Baryte

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Description
Locality: 
Hampstead Farm Quarry, Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 5.5 × 4.5 cm
Description

A nice specimen of this banded material that the locality is famous for.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrite

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

Sphalerite

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

Baryte

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