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Talc & Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Respina Mine, Fuentes de Respina, Puebla de Lillo, León, Castile & León, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 3 × 2.1 cm
Weight: 
46.00gr
Description

Here is an aesthetic sample of this classic Spanish mine,  pentagonal dodecahedron pyrite crystals on talc matrix, quartz and dolomite, really a Spanish classic.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Talc

Formula: 
Mg3(Si4O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.05
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
1.0
Streak: 
White

Pyrite

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

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