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Pyrrhotite?

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Reiner Mielke

Pyrrhotite?
July 06, 2012 12:36AM

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[www.mindat.org] You sure that isn't a pseudomorph of pyrite after pyrrhotite?

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Uwe Kolitsch

Re: Pyrrhotite?
July 06, 2012 04:09PM

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Message sent.

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Rob Woodside

Re: Pyrrhotite?
July 06, 2012 06:33PM

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Sure looks like one. Check the hardness.

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Nik Nikiforou

Re: Pyrrhotite?
July 06, 2012 11:05PM

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Also, Pyrrhotite tends to be magnetic, while pyrite does not.

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Rob Woodside

Re: Pyrrhotite?
July 09, 2012 06:40PM

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Thanks Nik, The Trepca pyrrhotites respond well to a magnet. An even easier check than hardness.

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