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Marcasite

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Description
Locality: 
Ashio Mine, Ashio-machi, Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 5 × 2.6 cm
Description

Very interesting Marcasite crystal, it's almost a floater it was attached only on a thin band on an edge. The Ashio mine was historically the most famous and one of the most important copper mine in Japan. This is a real Japanese classic, hard to get anymore this days.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Marcasite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.10a
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5

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