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Pyrite With Tetrahedrite

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Pyrite With Tetrahedrite

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Description
Locality: 
La Africana Mine, Pudahuel, Santiago Province, Santiago Region, Chile
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 6 × 4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.70cm
Description

Very nice, brassy pyrite crystals with mirror-luster up to 1.7 cm, combined with smaller black tetrahedrite crystals. From this locality you very rarely see a specimen. It has some dings and scratches, but it's still decorative and collectable.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrite

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

Tetrahedrite

Formula: 
Cu6[Cu4(Fe,Zn)2]Sb4S13
Strunz: 
2.GB.05
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

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