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Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Madem-Lakko Mine, Cassandra Mines, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 3.4 × 1.4 cm
Description

I generally hate pyrite but I love this specimen. This is a very rare example that shows the cubic form with one axis being elongated thus creating a textbook parallelepiped! The crystal is complete all around and sits on a little bit of pyrite matrix.
 

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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