Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Marcasite With Calcite

Views:
Watches:
SHS37437

Marcasite With Calcite

ex. Collection Dr. Winfried Böhmer (Wunstorf/Germany)

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Auguste-Victoria Mine, Marl-Hüls, Ruhr, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.9 × 7.5 × 7.8 cm
Description

Marcasite crystals with calcite crystals on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Marcasite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.10a
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White