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Pyrite Psm Pyrrhotite With Boulangerite

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PDM786133

Pyrite Psm Pyrrhotite With Boulangerite

Pseudomorph

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Description
Locality: 
Trepča, Mitrovica District, Kosovo
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.6 × 8.5 × 5.9 cm
Weight: 
594.00gr
Description

Attractive aggregate of almost 600g featuring lustrous pyrite crystals that are replacing elongated acute “pyramidal” crystals of pyrrhotite. The paragenesis is completed white quartz, and grey lustrous boulangerite hairy crystals, that form nests on the pyrite aggregates of are included in lustrous lenticular calcites. The condition is very good, with just minor erosions in the calcites.

Found in 2016.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrite

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

Pyrrhotite

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

Boulangerite

Formula: 
Pb5Sb4S11
Strunz: 
2.HC.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Colour: 
Lead grey
Streak: 
Brownish
Type Locality: 
Molières, Gard, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
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PDM786133 Pyrite ps Pyrrhotite with Boulangerite Trepča, Kosovo

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