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Siderite & Pyrite

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Siderite & Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
San Valentín Quarry, Sancti Spiritu, La Unión, Murcia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.6 × 7.3 × 3 cm
Weight: 
196.00gr
Description

Very nice group of siderite crystals in a vug over pyrite matrix, the crystals are red and brown and some of them with a metallic sheen iridescent.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Siderite

Formula: 
FeCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White

Pyrite

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

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