Pyrite
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Description:
Broken pyrite crystals in (Carboniferous) black shale.
- Site: PA; Pennsylvania
- Site Number: NH73
- Chemical Composition: Sulfide
- Crystal System: Isometric
- Specific Gravity: 5.01 g/cm3
- Hardness: 06
- Luster: Metallic
- Streak: Greenish-black
- Collection: Geology Collection
- Object Name: Pyrite
- Object Id: GM22
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