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Pyrite & Sphalerite On Manganoan Calcite

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Pyrite & Sphalerite On Manganoan Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Casapalca Mine, Huarochiri Province, Lima Department, Peru
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.4 × 2.9 × 1.1 cm
Description

A pale pinkish cluster of managanocalcite and bladed calcite id topped with a crown of small dark resonous sphalerite crystals that are ringed bu a circelet of bright brassy pyrite crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrite

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

Sphalerite

Formula: 
ZnS
Strunz: 
2.CB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Manganoan Calcite

Variety Of: 

Calcite

Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
3.0
Formula: 
(Ca,Mn)CO3
Hardness: 
0.0
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