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Quartz On Pyrite

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Quartz On Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Casapalca Mine, Huarochiri Province, Lima Department, Peru
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 5 × 4.7 cm
Description

A hedgehog cluster of acicular gemmy, lusterous quartz crystals over a bed of pyritohedral pyrite crystals and some minor galena and sphalerite crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

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

Pyrite

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