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Pyrite

Ex J & S Mommers Collection.

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Description
Locality: 
Nanisivik Mine, Nanisivik, Baffin Island, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut Territory, Canada
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 3.5 × 2.7 cm
Description

A striking and excellent elongate cluster of large and sharp, lustrous, brassy pyrite pseudomorphing incredibly complex marcasite crystals from the famous Nanisivik Iron Mine, above the Arctic Circle, on Baffin Island, Canada. This mine closed in 2002.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrite

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

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