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Fluorite Baryte Marcasite & Pyrrhotite

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SLN174061

Fluorite Baryte Marcasite & Pyrrhotite

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Description
Locality: 
Moscona Mine, Solis, Asturias, Spain
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
5.9 × 10.3 × 7.5 cm
Description

Very beautiful piece with a lot of cubic yellow fluorite crystals in association with white tabular baryte, small balls of marcasite and some pseudohexagonal pyrrothite crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Fluorite

Formula: 
CaF2
Strunz: 
3.AB.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

Baryte

Formula: 
BaSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White

Marcasite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.10a
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
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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