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Pyrite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Gaobanhe, Xinglong County, Chengde, Hebei Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 3.1 × 3.3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.50cm
Description

Sharp cubic bright lustrous crystals of pyrite set aesthetically on a matrix covered with transparent quartz crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrite

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

Quartz

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