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Pyrite On Fluorite & Quartz

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Pyrite On Fluorite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Wölsendorf, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.7 × 6.5 × 3.5 cm
Description

Beautiful and rare combo of lustrous brassy pyrite crystals on purple fluorite crystals which are sprinkled with colorless quartz. Better in nature.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrite

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

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

Quartz

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

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