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Pyrite and Enargite from Butte Mining District, Summit Valley, Silver Bow County, Montana

 
Pyrite and Enargite from Butte Mining District, Summit Valley, Silver Bow County, Montana

Pyrite and Enargite from Butte Mining District, Summit Valley, Silver Bow County, Montana

Pyrite and Enargite from Butte Mining District, Summit Valley, Silver Bow County, Montana

DESCRIPTION:No. 46818
Mineral:Pyrite and Enargite
Locality:Butte Mining District, Summit Valley, Silver Bow County, Montana
Description:Large lustrous yellow-metallic pyrite crystals to 16 mm across surrounded by dark-metallic prismatic enargite crystals to 4 mm long. The previous label list pyritohedral and diploid crystal forms of pyrite, but there are octahedral faces.
Overall Size:5.5x4x4 cm
Crystals:1-16 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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