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Marcasite

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Herne, Ruhr, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.6 × 4.3 × 4.6 cm
Description

A wonderful floater of sharp terminated, lustrous, golden Marcasite. The crystals developed some freestanding "towers", the assemble looks very aesthetic and tri-dimensional. Looks great in various positions and should be high ranked for the famous classic locality

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Marcasite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.10a
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5