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Pyrrhotite Pyrite Sphalerite & Quartz

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Pyrrhotite Pyrite Sphalerite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
San Bernabé Mine, La Luz, Guanajuato Municipality, Guanajuato, Mexico
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 4 × 3 cm
Description

A sample showing pyrite cubes grown onto an aggregate of pyrrhotite. Matrix showing black sphalerite, pyrite, some quartz and a carbonate coating. Comes with a handwritten label of H.&B. Dilcher collection, collected in the 1980s.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrrhotite

Formula: 
Fe1-xS (x = 0 to 0.17)
Strunz: 
2.CC.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Pyrite

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

Sphalerite

Formula: 
ZnS
Strunz: 
2.CB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Quartz

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

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