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Pyrargyrite from Fresnillo District, Zacatecas, Mexico

 
Pyrargyrite from Fresnillo District, Zacatecas, Mexico

Pyrargyrite from Fresnillo District, Zacatecas, Mexico

Pyrargyrite from Fresnillo District, Zacatecas, Mexico

DESCRIPTION:No. 51067
Mineral:Pyrargyrite
Locality:Fresnillo District, Zacatecas, Mexico
Description:Lustrous dark-metallic pyrargyrite crystals disseminated in an exposed vein on one face of matrix with crusty white quartz. The pyrargyrite vein is completely exposed showing many translucent dark-red hexagonal crystals with three-faced terminations. Ex. Peter B. Nalle (1923-2010) collection #726a; personally collected undergound in an operating stope in 1960s
Overall Size:19x13x11 cm
Crystals:0.2-4.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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