AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Peru > Pyrite with minor Calcite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 73438 |
Mineral: | Pyrite with minor Calcite |
Locality: | Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Huanuco Department, Peru |
Description: | Large plate of lustrous yellow-metallic pyrite crystals to 7 mm with scattered colorless scalenohedral calcite crystals to 5 mm on pyrite-rich sulfide matrix. The pyrite crystals are pyritohedral form and have slightly striated crystal faces. Collected ca. 1985 |
Overall Size: | 10.5x8.5x3.5 cm |
Crystals: | 1-7 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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