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Quartz & Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Madan, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.1 × 6.9 × 2.9 cm
Description

An attractive specimen with transparent quartz needles on well formed pyrite crystals. A lovely small cabinet display piece from a classic locality. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

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

Pyrite

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