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

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

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

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Pyrite, Sphalerite, Quartz from Sweet Home Mine, Buckskin Gulch, Alma District, Park County, Colorado

DESCRIPTION:No. 60686
Mineral:Pyrite, Sphalerite, Quartz
Locality:Sweet Home Mine, Buckskin Gulch, Alma District, Park County, Colorado
Description:Lustrous yellow-metallic cubic pyrite crystals to 9 mm with rich coverage of sphalerite crystals to 3 mm that have a bluish coating on the surfaces plus slender lustrous translucent colorless quartz crystals to 15 mm.
Overall Size:9x7x2.5 cm
Crystals:micro to 15 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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