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Pyrite On Hematite

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Pyrite On Hematite

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Description
Locality: 
Falcacci Stope, Rio Mine, Rio Marina, Elba, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 7 × 7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
4.00cm
Weight: 
750.00gr
Description

Beautiful and showy sample of pyrite with a magnificent crystal (with pyritohedron habit) of 4.0 cm in diameter, well placed on a matrix of black hematite that brings out its bright golden color.
The side of the pentagon reaches 2.0 cm. An unmissable classic!

 

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrite

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

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

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