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Arsenopyrite

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Locality: 
Cuesta de la Plata Mine, Bustarviejo, Madrid, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 2.6 × 2.5 cm
Weight: 
37.00gr
Description

Lead grey crystals of arsenopyrite imbedded in a white quartz matrix, from Bustarviejo. As typical in this locality, they are tarnished and form cruciform clusters due to penetration twins.

Rare locality, even in Spanish collections, this specimen was self-collected in November/1993. Ex Iván Blanco collection.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Arsenopyrite

Formula: 
FeAsS
Strunz: 
2.EB.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0

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