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Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Mittersill, Zell am See, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.1 × 3 × 1.7 cm
Description

Rare sample of pyrite from the scheelite deposit in Mittersil. Of course Scheelite, but also Aquamarine is well known from this locality - pyrite is quite rare there.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrite

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