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Pyrite (complex crystal form) from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico

 
Pyrite (complex crystal form) from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico

Pyrite (complex crystal form) from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico

Pyrite (complex crystal form) from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico

DESCRIPTION:No. 75301
Mineral:Pyrite (complex crystal form)
Locality:Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
Description:Large lustrous yellow-metallic pyrite crystal with remnants of clay on the bottom. The pyrite crystal has complex cubic-octahedral-dodecahedral-diploid form with microscopic etching on select crystal faces and mirror-like luster on other faces. Collected in 2015
Overall Size:19x18x15 mm
Crystals:18 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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