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Ilvaite Hedenbergite & Pyrite

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Ilvaite Hedenbergite & Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Torre di Rio, Rio Marina, Elba, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 4 × 2.3 cm
Description

Several nice ilvaite crystals are accented with bright pyrite cubes and scattered on a matrix of radiated hedenbergite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ilvaite

Formula: 
CaFe2+2Fe3+(Si2O7)O(OH)
Strunz: 
9.BE.07
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Torre di Rio - Santa Filomena area (Monte della Torre), Rio Marina, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy

Hedenbergite

Formula: 
CaFe2+Si2O6
Group Parent: 
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.15
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Type Locality: 
Mormorsgruvan, Tunaberg Cu-Co Ore Field, Tunaberg, Nyköping, Södermanland, Sweden

Pyrite

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