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Name: Marcasite
Mrc
Specimens in Collection:

#101: Calcite / Marcasite / Fluorite
Morocco

#308: Marcasite / Dolomite
Linwood Mine, Buffalo, Scott County, Iowa, USA

#324: Limonite / Hematite ps. after Marcasite / Pyrite
White Desert, Farafra, Egypt

#633: Calcite / Marcasite / Dolomite
Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA
IMA Chemistry: FeS2
Chemistry Elements: The mineral Marcasite contains elements:
Iron (Fe)
Sulfur (S)
Country of Type Locality: unknown
Year First Published: 0
IMA Status: Approved,Grandfathered
Status Notes: Mineral name has been known since antiquity and predates any formal descriptive publication. For example: Hill J (1751) Of vitriolic minerals. in A History of the Materia Medica, Longman, Hitch and Hawes (London) 140-147
Structural Group Name: Marcasite
Fleischer's Group Name: Marcasite-Löllingite-marcasite subgroup
Crystal Systems: orthorhombic
Oldest Known Age: 4000 Million Years Ago
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Data appearing on this page is derived from the IMA Database of Mineral Properties. Not all properties are applicable to or available for all minerals.


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