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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 75329 |
| Mineral: | Pyrite with Chalcocite coating |
| Locality: | Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico |
| Description: | Large lustrous yellow-metallic pyrite crystal on white matrix with impressions of other pyrite crystals on the rear edge. Select faces of the pyrite crystal are coated with gray-metallic chalcocite. This is the largest pyrite I acquired Collected in 2015. Analysis of coating performed from Ben Grguric at South Australian Museum |
| Overall Size: | 6.5x4.5x2 cm |
| Crystals: | 42 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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