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Siderite & Pyrite On Calcite

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Siderite & Pyrite On Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Cleveland Mine, Luina, Heazlewood, Waratah-Wynyard Municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 2.5 × 2 cm
Description

A cluster of orangish siderite crystals together with small pyrite crystals on a matrix of calcite overschorl replacing sulphides with small balls of white to yellowish sulphur.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Siderite

Formula: 
FeCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White

Pyrite

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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White
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