AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Montana > Pyrite with Covellite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 38759 |
Mineral: | Pyrite with Covellite |
Locality: | Butte Mining District, Summit Valley, Silver Bow County, Montana |
Description: | Complex, striated pyrite crystals with an iridescent coating of dark gray covellite. Looks beautiful under magnification. For more information on this historic locality see article: Butte, Montana, Minerals, Mines, and History in Min. Rec. v.31 #2. |
Overall Size: | 4x3x2 cm |
Crystals: | 0.5-15.0 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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