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Pyrite On Fluorite

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Pyrite On Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
South Crofty Mine, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4 × 5.5 × 4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
4.00cm
Weight: 
80.00gr
Description

A partial single crystal of translucent blue green fluorite with three faces covered in pyrite. The edges of the fluorite are bevelled showing tetrahexahedral development beneath the pyrite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrite

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

Fluorite

Formula: 
CaF2
Strunz: 
3.AB.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

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