AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Peru > Sphalerite and Pyrite on Quartz |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 58887 |
Mineral: | Sphalerite and Pyrite on Quartz |
Locality: | Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Huanuco Department, Peru |
Description: | Lustrous black complex sphalerite crystals to 7 mm on elongated transparent colorless quartz crystals to 12 mm with cubic yellow-metallic pyrite crystals to 4 mm. The sphalerite crystals are repeatedly twinned following the Spinel Law of twinning. |
Overall Size: | 5.5x4.5x1.5 cm |
Crystals: | 1-12 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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