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Pyrite & Calcite

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Pyrite & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Magnesite Mine, Inschlag Alp, Schwarzleograben, Hütten, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3 × 2.5 cm
Description

Sparkling pyrite crystals on lustrous colorless calcite crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrite

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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White