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Pyrite, Sphalerite, Quartz from Casapalca District, Huarochiri Province, Peru

 
Pyrite, Sphalerite, Quartz from Casapalca District, Huarochiri Province, Peru

Pyrite, Sphalerite, Quartz from Casapalca District, Huarochiri Province, Peru

Pyrite, Sphalerite, Quartz from Casapalca District, Huarochiri Province, Peru

DESCRIPTION:No. 55114
Mineral:Pyrite, Sphalerite, Quartz
Locality:Casapalca District, Huarochiri Province, Peru
Description:Lustrous striated cubic yellow-metallic pyrite crystals to 11 mm on striated black-metallic sphalerite crystals to 13 mm with transparent colorless quartz crystals to 5 mm. Ex. Dr. N. Luppescu, originally acquired in 1996 from N. Rochester
Overall Size:7.5x6.5x3 cm
Crystals:1-13 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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