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Lapis Lazuli With Pyrite

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Lapis Lazuli With Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Ladjuar Madan, Kokcha Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 10 × 7 cm
Description

 A superb platy specimen of rich royal blue, well terminated  lapis lazuli incombination with many tabular shaped well terminated white-grayish undefined mineral , unusually dark browm amphibole can also seen on some lapis lazuli  crystals. This specimen is rich of small pyrite crystals.

The base down edge of calcite matrix  is trimmed  .

A very good high quality lapis lazuli specimen from the locality.

 

 

 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrite

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

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