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Pyrite Psm Fossil

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Pyrite Psm Fossil

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Description
Locality: 
Cap Blanc-Nez, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.1 × 5 × 3.8 cm
Description

Floater fossilized sponge (plocoscyphia meandrina) that has been totally replaced by pyrite. It is from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian age), of the Cap Blanc Nez area. Some rests of the lime matrix are still present around the sponge.

Collected by and Ex collection: Herman Torfs #268.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrite

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

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