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Pyrite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Rettigheim, Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11.5 × 8.5 × 4.8 cm
Description

Fantastic combination from Rettigheim. A plate which is covered in hundrets of tiny lustrous quartz crystals and having a great structure which is hosting two perfect formed spheres of pyrite. They are super lustrous and also perfectly placed in the center of the specimen. The largest one is 27mm across.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrite

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

Quartz

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