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Pyrite & Siderite On Quartz

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PJM50052

Pyrite & Siderite On Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Renison Bell Mine, North Dundas, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 2.5 × 3.6 cm
Description

Balls of brassy pyrite crystals and translucent siderite ranging in colour from cream through to orangey brown over a bed of terminated quartz crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrite

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

Siderite

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White
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