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Limestone Psm Marcasite

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Limestone Psm Marcasite

Pseudomorph

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Description
Locality: 
Weinberggrund, Hecklingen, Staßfurt, Saxony - Anhalt, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.4 × 4.9 × 4.7 cm
Description

Perhaps the most unique pseudomorph I've ever seen: a part of a marcasite crystal ball, completely replaced by limestone. Very rare. I never saw nor heard of something comparable. And the locality wasn't known to me either.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Marcasite

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

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