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Pyrrhotite : Fe7S8, (-4M), also given as Fe1-xS (x = 0 - 0.2), Galena : PbS, Sphalerite : (Zn,Fe2+)S, Quartz : SiO2

1st Sovietski Mine (1st Sovietskiy Mine), Dal'negorsk (Dalnegorsk; Tetyukhe; Tjetjuche; Tetjuche), Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia

Size of specimen 11 x 12 cm.
 © Georges BRETPhoto ID: 46890    View Count: 253

Pyrrhotite : Fe7S8, (-4M), also given as Fe1-xS (x = 0 - 0.2), Quartz : SiO2

1st Sovietski Mine (1st Sovietskiy Mine), Dal'negorsk (Dalnegorsk; Tetyukhe; Tjetjuche; Tetjuche), Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia

Beautiful complete crystal (2 x 2 cm) on crystallized quartz gangue. Pyrrhotite shows a tabular hexagonal crystal assembly with brilliant faces, the whole in the shape of "small cask". The yellow-bronze color is characteristic.
 © YCLPhoto ID: 77295    View Count: 162

Pyrrhotite : Fe7S8, (-4M), also given as Fe1-xS (x = 0 - 0.2), Fluorite : CaF2

1st Sovietski Mine (1st Sovietskiy Mine), Dal'negorsk (Dalnegorsk; Tetyukhe; Tjetjuche; Tetjuche), Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia

Sharp exhagonal crystal up to cm 4 with bronzeous luster, sorrounded by nice cubic, gemmy, colorless fluorite crystals up to cm 0,8.
 © E. MariniPhoto ID: 116008    View Count: 105
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