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Marcasite

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Description
Locality: 
Rensselaer Quarry, Pleasant Ridge, Jasper County, Indiana, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 3.4 × 3.8 cm
Description

A superb brassy combscock cluster of marcasite crystals from the collection of Rick Russell. Marcasite from this locality are stable and make for great specimens of the species. This well-known quarry is now closed and flooded. Much better in hand.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Marcasite

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

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