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Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Ampliación a Victoria Mine, Navajún, La Rioja, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 4.5 × 2.7 cm
Weight: 
70.00gr
Description

Excellent specimen of pyrite cubes group on matrix of marl from this classic Spanish site that is famous worldwide. In this deposit pyrite is always very bright and in excellent condition, in general this is because the crystals are covered by a layer of white crystals of an interesting mineral called cookeite that envelopes them and protects them from the elements.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrite

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

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