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Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Bleiwäsche, Bad Wünnenberg, Detmold, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 5.9 × 1.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.30cm
Description

A very special pyrite specimen from the quarry. The pyrite is grown on erode limestone. The pyrite grown in a second step and shows oriented epitaxy with cubes and needles.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrite

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