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Pyrite Psm Chalcopyrite & Sphalerite

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Pyrite Psm Chalcopyrite & Sphalerite

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Description
Locality: 
Hilarion Mines, Lavrion, Hilarion Mine, Hilarion, Kamariza, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.1 × 7 × 3.6 cm
Description

I got this from a local collector who says that this kind of pseudo is quite rare from Lavrion. It really is. As a matter of fact it is extremelly hard to find any decent example of a sulphide from Lavrion. This piece hosts both crystals of sphalerite and the pyrite after chalcopyrite pseudo.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrite

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

Chalcopyrite

Formula: 
CuFeS2
Strunz: 
2.CB.10a
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Sphalerite

Formula: 
ZnS
Strunz: 
2.CB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

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