AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Mexico > Silver on Pyrite, Quartz |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 19187 |
Mineral: | Silver on Pyrite, Quartz |
Locality: | Zacatecas, Mexico |
Description: | Curled, wire crystals of native silver up to 6 mm long on matrix of brassy pyrite (marcasite?) with scattered crystals of colorless quartz up to 7 mm. This is an unusual association of minerals for Mexican localities. |
Overall Size: | 7x3x2.5 cm |
Crystals: | 1-7 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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