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Pyrite & Calcite

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Pyrite & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Knappenberg, Hüttenberger Erzberg, Sankt Veit an der Glan District, Carinthia, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
13.6 × 11.5 × 11 cm
Description

Great austrian specimen! Highly lustrous and sparkling pyrite accompanied with calcite. It almost looks like the specimen is coated in snow.

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