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Pyrrhotite

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Pyrrhotite

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Description
Locality: 
Santa Eulalia, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.3 × 4.6 × 4.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
4.50cm
Description

Cluster of intergrown tabular hexagonal crystals of pyrrhotite up to 4.5 cm in length and doubly terminated. The lustre is moderate and bronze colour is intense, partially covered by white calcite crystals.

Acquired in 1984, it is an Ex Gerard Vogel specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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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