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Pyrrhotite On Calcite

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Pyrrhotite On Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Enterprise Mine, Mount Isa, Mount Isa City Shire, Queensland, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 4.3 × 2.6 cm
Description

Small irridescent platey crystals of pyrrhotite on a translucent calcite crystal matrix. The pyrrhotite crystals occurs as individual hexangonal plates associated with acicular crystals of both pyrrhotite and pyrite

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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