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Pyrrhotite Pyrite Sphalerite & Fluorite

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Pyrrhotite Pyrite Sphalerite & Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Weilasituo, Hexigten Banner, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.3 × 4.1 × 3.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Weight: 
150.00gr
Description

Specimen from the classic locality displaying an array of different crystals on matrix, with a dominant well formed Pyrrhotite , surrounded by golden and lustrous Pyrite crystals and dark Sphalerite microcrystals, with minor dark violet Fluorite crystals perched on the side of the specimen 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrrhotite

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

Pyrite

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

Sphalerite

Formula: 
ZnS
Strunz: 
2.CB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

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

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