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Melnikovite On Pyrite

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Melnikovite On Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Niccioleta Mine, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 16.1 × 13.3 cm
Weight: 
1 970.00gr
Description

Interesting and particular old specimen from Niccioleta Mine of botryoidal Melnikovite, an iron sulphides, recrystallized covering a lot of Pyrite cubes.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Melnikovite

Mixture Of: 

Pyrite

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

Marcasite

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

Pyrite

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

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