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https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-333-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-333-2023
Research article
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24 May 2023
Research article |  | 24 May 2023

Pseudo-cubic trigonal pyrite from the Madan Pb–Zn ore field (Rhodope Massif, Bulgaria): morphology and twinning

Yves Moëlo

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Pyrite crystals with rhombohedral morphology have been known for a long time and were considered up to now as curiosities. The morphological study of well-crystallized, centimeter-sized crystals, often twinned, from the Madan Pb–Zn ore field permitted us to define such a pyrite variety as a pseudo-cubic trigonal derivative of pyrite.
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