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Pyrite with Chalcocite coating from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico

 
Pyrite with Chalcocite coating from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico

Pyrite with Chalcocite coating from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico

Pyrite with Chalcocite coating from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico

Pyrite with Chalcocite coating from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico

Pyrite with Chalcocite coating from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico

DESCRIPTION:No. 68500
Mineral:Pyrite with Chalcocite coating
Locality:Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
Description:Several lustrous gray-metallic pyrite crystals in contrasting white clay-rich matrix. The gray color is caused by a coating of chalcocite. The pyrite crystals are complex asymmetric form, one exhibiting a post-crystallization fracture. Collected in 2015. Analysis of coating performed from Ben Grguric at South Australian Museum
Overall Size:5.5x3.5x2.5 cm
Crystals:4-15 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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