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Pyrite On Quartz

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Pyrite On Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Skouriotissa Mine, Skouriotissa, Nicosia District, Cyprus
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.5 × 7.7 × 7 cm
Description

Cubic crystals of pyrite, modified by pentagon dodecahedron, with a net negative striation, which is rarer than the positive striation. Specimen collected by Dr. Gerard Vogel (NL) in 04/1995.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrite

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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