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Pyrite with partial Chalcocite coating on Hematite-coated Quartz from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico

 
Pyrite with partial Chalcocite coating on Hematite-coated Quartz from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico

Pyrite with partial Chalcocite coating on Hematite-coated Quartz from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico

Pyrite with partial Chalcocite coating on Hematite-coated Quartz from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico

Pyrite with partial Chalcocite coating on Hematite-coated Quartz from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico

Pyrite with partial Chalcocite coating on Hematite-coated Quartz from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico

Pyrite with partial Chalcocite coating on Hematite-coated Quartz from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico

Pyrite with partial Chalcocite coating on Hematite-coated Quartz from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico

Pyrite with partial Chalcocite coating on Hematite-coated Quartz from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico

DESCRIPTION:No. 75669
Mineral:Pyrite with partial Chalcocite coating on Hematite-coated Quartz
Locality:Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
Description:Lustrous yellow-metallic pyrite crystal partially coated with gray chalcocite on contrasting with white matrix with translucent red hematite-coated quartz crystals to 1 mm. The pyrite is cubic form, with octahedral corner faces, and diploid edge faces. Collected in 2015
Overall Size:4x3x2.5 cm
Crystals:1-17 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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