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Pyrite & Calcite On Dolomite

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Pyrite & Calcite On Dolomite

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Cleveland Mine, Luina, Heazlewood, Waratah-Wynyard Municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 2.1 × 1.1 cm
Description

An orange calcite group on a bed pf golden dolomite crystals with an irridenscent sheen. Scattered across the dolomite are small cubic pyrite crystals. At the core of the matrix is a fluorite crystal section.

This specimen is from a collection put together over many years by a former shift boss at the Mount Cleveland Tin Mine, which closed nearly thirty years ago.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Dolomite

Formula: 
CaMg(CO3)2
Strunz: 
5.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal - Rhombohedral
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
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