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Pyrite In Pyrrhotite

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Pyrite In Pyrrhotite

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Description
Locality: 
Siegen, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 4.3 × 4.3 cm
Description

Lustrous masses of greenish pyrite in a slightly magnetic matrix, probably pyrrhotite. Classic locality, from an old German collection built previous to the Second World War, specimen #27. Includes an old Dr. F.Krantz label. Ex. Jean De Marche.

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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