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Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department, Peru
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
13.4 × 9.3 × 3.9 cm
Description

Highly lustrous cluster of well formed pyrite crystals from Peru. In the borderline between the particular pyrite, there are even some milky but well formed quartz crystals present too.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrite

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