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Jamesonite & Pyrite

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Jamesonite & Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Mazapil, Mazapil Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 2.1 × 1.4 cm
Description

Jackstraw crystals of acicular jamesonite associated with modified brassy pyrite cubes.

The specimen is remarkable because of the thick jamesonite crystals, not the usual thin fibres.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Jamesonite

Formula: 
Pb4FeSb6S14
Strunz: 
2.HB.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Cornwall, England, UK

Pyrite

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