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Quartz Var Citrine & Pyrite

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Quartz Var Citrine & Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Huaron Mines, Pasco Department, Peru
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 6.5 × 3.8 cm
Description

Highly aesthetic assemble of 2 nicely placed citrine crystals sitting on a matrix of numerous quartz crystals accompanied by some pyrite. They are also partly covered in a bright layer which makes this sepecimen even more interesting.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

Citrine

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0

Pyrite

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