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Amethyst & Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Valenciana Mine, Guanajuato, Guanajuato Municipality, Guanajuato, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 4.5 × 2.5 cm
Description

The Valenciana Mine is an old silver-gold mine. This is a nice refletive amethyst specimen with pyrite from this l6ess commonly offered Mexician locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Amethyst

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Formula: 
SiO2
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Purple

Pyrite

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