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Name:
Common name:
Pyrit → fool's gold, iron pyrite
Crystal system:
Chemical composition:
Location:
Friedland, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern / Germany
Size of the mineral:
Length: 16,9 cm
Width: 6 cm
Height: 7,8 cm
Weight:
In the town of Friedland in Mecklenburg, two pits have been sporadically operated for a long time to extract special sealing clays. These Eocene deposits rarely contain these fantastic pyrite-impregnated phosphorite concretions alongside some marine fossils. Their scientific interpretation as coprolites seems questionable, but formation in connection with organic remains is likely.
