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Pyrite & Chalcopyrite

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Pyrite & Chalcopyrite

Ex coll. S. Labanti

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Description
Locality: 
Fenice Capanne Mine, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 6 × 4.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.50cm
Weight: 
125.00gr
Description

An excellent specimen collected at the beginning of the Eighties at the Fenice Capanne copper-lead-zinc mine (Tuscany, Italy).

Cluster of pyrite crystal, with superb luster, are intergrown with sphenoidal chalcopyrite. Here and there, quartz and dolomite. Please, enlarge pictures for having a better resolution.

The veins which crossed the matrix were filled by calcite, etched with a mild acid action.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrite

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

Chalcopyrite

Formula: 
CuFeS2
Strunz: 
2.CB.10a
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

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Italy - Courier
7.50
Europe, Russia, Mediterranean Basin - Registered Mail
12.50
Canada, USA, Japan, South America - Registered Mail
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Minerals on auction are from worldwide locations, with a special focus on Italian classics.

Specimens offered are of high quality for different kinds of collectors and are always shown throught the best possible picture in order to present all their features.

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