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Quartz & Pyrite

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Quartz & Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Cavnic Mine, Maramureș County, Romania
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11.5 × 8.5 × 5.5 cm
Description

Truely a fantastic and very attractive specimen from the famous Cavnic mine in Romania.

A hedgehog of absolutely gemmy clear needle quartz crystals with golden brown pyrite crystals and minor galena crystals.

Very good display specimen !

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

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

Pyrite

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