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Monheimite & Pyrite

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Monheimite & Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Montevecchio Mines, Medio Campidano Province, Sardinia, Italy
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11.1 × 8.5 × 6.5 cm
Description

A large specimen completely covered of light yellow, double terminated crystals of monheimite, a ferroan variety of smithsonite, with pyrite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Monheimite

Variety Of: 

Smithsonite

Formula: 
ZnCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Hardness: 
0.0

Pyrite

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