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Native Sulphur & Pyrite On Basalt

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Native Sulphur & Pyrite On Basalt

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Description
Locality: 
Lōʻihi Seamount, Hawaii, United States of America
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 2.2 × 1.5 cm
Description

From one of the most challenging collecting localities, a submarine vulcanic vent. Collected during the DSU Pisces U Dive 597, a piece of vesicular freshly extruded from a vebt in Pele's Pit Hawaii with a cluster of small octahhedra pyrite crystals with native sulphur

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sulphur

Formula: 
S8
Strunz: 
1.CC.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.5

Pyrite

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

Basalt

Variety Of: 

Igneous Rock

Earthstones Australia

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