| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Portugal > Arsenopyrite and Siderite on Quartz |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 59212 |
| Mineral: | Arsenopyrite and Siderite on Quartz |
| Locality: | Panasqueira Mine, Barroca Grande, 21 km. west of Fundao, Castelo Branco, Portugal |
| Description: | Group of platy metallic arsenopyrite crystals to 7 mm at the base of a tapered 85 mm colorless quartz crystal with translucent brown siderite crystals to 1 mm on the surfaces. The quartz crystal has many complex parallel faces on the prism faces. Ex. B. Gaber collection #1794; ex. Gary Richards |
| Overall Size: | 9x4x1.5 cm |
| Crystals: | micro to 85 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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