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Pyrrhotite

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Pyrrhotite

Ex Michel Jouty
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Description
Locality: 
Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 7 × 6.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.00cm
Weight: 
465.00gr
Description

Beautiful cabinet of hexagonal crystals of brassy pyrrhotite surrounded by acicular crystals of milky quartz.
Typical example of pyrrhotite from this location known throughout the world for its wonderful specimens, one of the best locations for this iron sulfide.

Hard to find nowadays so big and beautiful
The specimen is accompanied by a label from the well-known late French collector Michel Jouty.

"Personal Selection"

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyrrhotite

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

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