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Quartz With Pyrrhotite

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Quartz With Pyrrhotite

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Description
Locality: 
Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.3 × 6.1 × 4.2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
5.40cm
Weight: 
92.00gr
Description

Group of spiky white crystals quartz, with stepped prism faces, that form in some cases crystals with a bigger diameter to the termination, more like an artichoke quartz that a scepter quartz. The general condition is good, and some hexagonal crystals of pyrrhotite are also present.

Acquired in 10/09/1994 to Antonin Mickalek. Ex Gustaaf collection #112, with his handwritten label.

Combine specimens to reduce shipping costs!.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

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

Pyrrhotite

Formula: 
Fe1-xS (x = 0 to 0.17)
Strunz: 
2.CC.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

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