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Magnetite With Pyrite

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Magnetite With Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Brosso Mine, Cálea, Léssolo, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 3.5 × 2.4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.60cm
Weight: 
69.00gr
Description

Elegant miniature comprising textbook, lustrous, jet black magnetite, rich in iron oxide stainings. Minor traces of brassy pyrite crystals give an excellent color contrast to the specimen, with one on top. Minimal peripheral bruises, this is a pretty rich miniature for the mine.

In good conditions and quite representative from the now defunct Brosso mine. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Magnetite

Formula: 
Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Strunz: 
4.BB.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Streak: 
Black

Pyrite

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

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