| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Mexico > Pyrite with partial Chalcocite coating |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 68703 |
| Mineral: | Pyrite with partial Chalcocite coating |
| Locality: | Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico |
| Description: | Lustrous yellow-metallic pyrite crystal with remnants of gray-metallic chalcocite overgrowth that has mostly flaked away. The pyrite crystal is cubic form with pyritohedral striations and diploid corner faces. Collected in 2015. Analysis of coating performed from Ben Grguric at South Australian Museum |
| Overall Size: | 4x3.5x3 cm |
| Crystals: | 22 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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