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Fluorite Marcasite & Calcite

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Fluorite Marcasite & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Pint's Quarry, Raymond, Black Hawk County, Iowa, United States of America
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 4.8 × 2.6 cm
Description

Very nice specime of Fluorite and Marcasite on a Calcite matrix.
Really, this is a very attractive and beautiful specimen.
This piece is coming from an old collection, possibly was collected early 80s.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Fluorite

Formula: 
CaF2
Strunz: 
3.AB.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

Marcasite

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

Calcite

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

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