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Pyrite, Tetrahedrite, Quartz from Sweet Home Mine, Buckskin Gulch, Alma District, Park County, Colorado

 
Pyrite, Tetrahedrite, Quartz from Sweet Home Mine, Buckskin Gulch, Alma District, Park County, Colorado

Pyrite, Tetrahedrite, Quartz from Sweet Home Mine, Buckskin Gulch, Alma District, Park County, Colorado

DESCRIPTION:No. 19834
Mineral:Pyrite, Tetrahedrite, Quartz
Locality:Sweet Home Mine, Buckskin Gulch, Alma District, Park County, Colorado
Description:Massive sulfide matrix covered with thin, elongated quartz crystals up to 10 mm long. Scattered on the quartz are lustrous, cubic pyrite crystals up to 18 mm. Mixed in between are abundant tetrahedrite crystals up to 5 mm.
Overall Size:7x5x4 cm
Crystals:1-18 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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