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Pyrite Baryte & Amethyst

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Pyrite Baryte & Amethyst

ex. Collection Edgar Franz (Freiberg/Saxony)

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Description
Locality: 
Ferdinand Shaft, Rothenfurth, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.3 × 4 × 2.5 cm
Description

Nice pyrite crystals on baryte crystals coating amethyst crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrite

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

Baryte

Formula: 
BaSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White

Amethyst

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Formula: 
SiO2
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Purple