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Limonite pseudomorphs after Pyrite from Mogollon Rim, near Dry Lake, Navajo County, Arizona

 
Limonite pseudomorphs after Pyrite from Mogollon Rim, near Dry Lake, Navajo County, Arizona

Limonite pseudomorphs after Pyrite from Mogollon Rim, near Dry Lake, Navajo County, Arizona

Limonite pseudomorphs after Pyrite from Mogollon Rim, near Dry Lake, Navajo County, Arizona

DESCRIPTION:No. 17212
Mineral:Limonite pseudomorphs after Pyrite
Locality:Mogollon Rim, near Dry Lake, Navajo County, Arizona
Description:Brown limonite pseudomorphs after a cluster of pyrite crystals that was exposed when the deposit weathered away and was found by a collector in the scree slope. The pyrite formed first, altered to limonite, while maintaining the original pyrite shape. Collected ca. 1990
Overall Size:20x20x18 mm
Crystals:1-17 mm pseudos
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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