| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Pennsylvania > Pyrite on Chalcopyrite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 70779 |
| Mineral: | Pyrite on Chalcopyrite |
| Locality: | French Creek Iron Mines, St. Peters, Chester County, Pennsylvania |
| Description: | Lustrous bright yellow-metallic octahedral pyrite crystals to 4 mm on greenish-metallic hoppered chalcopyrite crystals to 9 mm. Pyrite crystals from French Creek are not as common as chalcopyrite. Classic locality dating to the 1800s, now closed. Ex. Robert C. Linck (1905-1970) |
| Overall Size: | 30x25x24 mm |
| Crystals: | 1-9 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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