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Auriferous Pyrite & Arsenopyrite

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Auriferous Pyrite & Arsenopyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Salsigne Mine, Salsigne, Aude, Occitanie, France
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 6.1 × 3.6 cm
Weight: 
218.00gr
Description

Mass of silver white microcrystalline arsenopyrite and lustrous greenish pyrite in a matrix of quartz. It was a sample collected for analyses, and was preserved in an envelope of the “Société Générale Des Minerais, S.A.”. According to the information it is a gold rich ore, probably microcrystalline or as inclusions in arsenopyrite, probably not visible with the naked eye.

Sampled at the early 1970’s. Ex. Ing. Christian Paumen specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Auriferous Pyrite

Variety Of: 

Pyrite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Hardness: 
0.0

Arsenopyrite

Formula: 
FeAsS
Strunz: 
2.EB.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0

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