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Calcite With Pyrite

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Calcite With Pyrite

Ex Sasamoto coll., Ex Dr. Krantz, Bonn, Germany
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Iwate Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 9 × 8 cm
Description

White calcite on a lawn of small cubic pyrite crystals. Comes with a nice old Sasamoto label.
Rikuchu Province was one of the historic provinces of Japan, in the area of today's Iwate and Akita prefectures.
Weight: 260 grams

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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

Pyrite

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

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