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Arsenopyrite Pyrite & Quartz

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Arsenopyrite Pyrite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Madem-Lakkos Mine, Chalkidiki Prefecture, Central Macedonia, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.3 × 4.5 × 3 cm
Description

Perfect lead gray arsenopyrite crystals of nice matallic luster with minor golden pyrite and quartz microcrystals on matrix.Very fine old timer from this now not active mine, found nowdays only from collections.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Arsenopyrite

Formula: 
FeAsS
Strunz: 
2.EB.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0

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

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