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Pyrite on Fluorite from Moscona Mine, Solis, Villabona District, Asturias, Spain

 
Pyrite on Fluorite from Moscona Mine, Solis, Villabona District, Asturias, Spain

Pyrite on Fluorite from Moscona Mine, Solis, Villabona District, Asturias, Spain

Pyrite on Fluorite from Moscona Mine, Solis, Villabona District, Asturias, Spain

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Pyrite on Fluorite from Moscona Mine, Solis, Villabona District, Asturias, Spain

DESCRIPTION:No. 58063
Mineral:Pyrite on Fluorite
Locality:Moscona Mine, Solis, Villabona District, Asturias, Spain
Description:Lustrous yellow-metallic cubic pyrite crystals to 0.5 mm almost completely covering underlying translucent red-brown (colored by limonite?) cubic fluorite crystals to 7 mm.
Overall Size:8x5x3 cm
Crystals:0.2-7.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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