| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Mexico > Pyrite with Chalcocite coating |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 68746 |
| Mineral: | Pyrite with Chalcocite coating |
| Locality: | Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico |
| Description: | Lustrous metallic pyrite crystal with iridescent coating of chalcocite that varies from gray to blue. Remnants of white clay-rich matrix are in crevices on the pyrite crystal, and two areas have concave crystallized depressions. Collected in 2015. Analysis of coating performed from Ben Grguric at South Australian Museum |
| Overall Size: | 27x18x14 mm |
| Crystals: | 27 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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