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Arsenopyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Rotgülden, Lungau, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 4.5 × 2.5 cm
Description

Sharp terminated highly lustrous group of silver-gray - partially with a slightly iridescent effect - arsenopyrite crystals on bright gray matrix. The sample is richly covered with arsenopyrites up to 0.7 cm in size. Very rare old piece from the arsenic mining Rotgülden! The mining history goes back about 2,000 years. Today it is prohibited to dig there; the area is a national park. The piece was found at around 2,400 meters above sea level.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Arsenopyrite

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