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Arsenopyrite Pyrite Pyrrhotite Calcite

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MGR1108415

Arsenopyrite Pyrite Pyrrhotite Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Trepča, Mitrovica District, Kosovo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.8 × 5.8 × 6.3 cm
Description

Fine combination from Kosovo. The base has lots of arsenopyrite and pyrite which are then sprinkled in bright and lustrous calcite crystals. A main calcite is nicely poking out of the center of the piece. Also there is pyrrhotite present at this beautiful and sparkling paragenese.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Arsenopyrite

Formula: 
FeAsS
Strunz: 
2.EB.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0

Pyrite

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

Pyrrhotite

Formula: 
Fe1-xS (x = 0 to 0.17)
Strunz: 
2.CC.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Calcite

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

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