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Cronstedtite With Pyrite

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Cronstedtite With Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Brunita Open Pit, La Paraleja, La Unión, Murcia, Spain
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 3.5 × 1.7 cm
Description

Rich specimen with hundreds of black metallic constredtite crystal.

Mined in 1981

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cronstedtite

Formula: 
Fe2+2Fe3+((Si,Fe3+)2O5)(OH)4
Strunz: 
9.ED.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic, Trigonal, Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Příbram, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

Pyrite

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