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Pyrrhotite On Calcite

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Pyrrhotite On Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Nikolayevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.7 × 5.6 × 3.5 cm
Description

A fine cluster of tombak-golden, hexagonal pyrrhotite on a clay brown cluster of calcite rhombs. The pyrrhotite is well defined with a clear striation on some faces. It is metallic lustrous as well and in good shape. On one face there is amorphous quartz.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrrhotite

Formula: 
Fe1-xS (x = 0 to 0.17)
Strunz: 
2.CC.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Calcite

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