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Pyrite Tetrahedrite & Dolomite

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Pyrite Tetrahedrite & Dolomite

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Description
Locality: 
Usclas-du-Bosc Quarry, Hérault, Occitanie, France
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.6 × 3.2 × 3.4 cm
Description

Beautiful modified cubic pyrite crystals spread over a dolomite matrix with minor quartz crystals. There is a cluster of tiny shiny black tetrahedrite crystals hidden into some quartz.

Hard to get locality!

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

Dolomite

Formula: 
CaMg(CO3)2
Strunz: 
5.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal - Rhombohedral
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
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