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Pyrite Psm Pyrrhotite

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Pyrite Psm Pyrrhotite

Pseudomorph

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Description
Locality: 
Skouriotissa Mine, Skouriotissa, Nicosia District, Cyprus
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.4 × 4.3 × 3.7 cm
Description

Sharp hexagonal crystals of pyrrhotite completely replaced by lustrous pyrite and white quartz. Minerals from Cyprus are quite uncommon in collections, and pyrite ps pyrrhotite from Skouriotissa is really rare.

This specimen was collected by Dr. Gerard Vogel in April/1995.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrite

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

Pyrrhotite

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

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