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Pyrite from La Rioja, Spain

 
Pyrite from La Rioja, Spain

DESCRIPTION:No. 16677
Mineral:Pyrite
Locality:La Rioja, Spain
Description:Complex cluster of interpenetrant crystals of cubic pyrite in gray matrix. The pyrite crystals are very sharp, with slight striations on the crystal faces. Minor white clay in crevices. Ex. Earle C. Sullivan (1906-2005), author of History and Minerals of Old Mine Park, Trumbull, Ct.
Overall Size:5x5x5 cm
Crystals:5-20 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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