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Pyrite On Calcite

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Pyrite On Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Leiping Mine, Guiyang County, Hunan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.7 × 6.5 × 5.3 cm
Description

microcrystals of pyrite grown on center of each calcite faces. There are 2 forms of calcite crystals together - tabular and rhombodedron.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrite

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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White
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