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Pyrite On Baryte

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Pyrite On Baryte

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Description
Locality: 
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane, Alnif, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 4 × 3.5 cm
Weight: 
97.00gr
Description

Cubic  octahedryc crystals permeated with tabular crystals of well-formed barites.This sample is part of the very first large lot of minerals extracted from this mine and put on the market (April 2013).

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