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Pyrite pseudomorphs after Pyrrhotite on Quartz with Sphalerite from Keystone Mine, Crested Butte, Gunnison County, Colorado

 
Pyrite pseudomorphs after Pyrrhotite on Quartz with Sphalerite from Keystone Mine, Crested Butte, Gunnison County, Colorado

Pyrite pseudomorphs after Pyrrhotite on Quartz with Sphalerite from Keystone Mine, Crested Butte, Gunnison County, Colorado

Pyrite pseudomorphs after Pyrrhotite on Quartz with Sphalerite from Keystone Mine, Crested Butte, Gunnison County, Colorado

Pyrite pseudomorphs after Pyrrhotite on Quartz with Sphalerite from Keystone Mine, Crested Butte, Gunnison County, Colorado

Pyrite pseudomorphs after Pyrrhotite on Quartz with Sphalerite from Keystone Mine, Crested Butte, Gunnison County, Colorado

Pyrite pseudomorphs after Pyrrhotite on Quartz with Sphalerite from Keystone Mine, Crested Butte, Gunnison County, Colorado

DESCRIPTION:No. 70260
Mineral:Pyrite pseudomorphs after Pyrrhotite on Quartz with Sphalerite
Locality:Keystone Mine, Crested Butte, Gunnison County, Colorado
Description:Lustrous yellow-metallic pyrite pseudomorphs after platy pyrrhotite crystals to 12 mm on lustrous white quartz microcrystals with black sphalerite. The pyrrhotite crystals were completely replaced by pyrite. Ex. Hammerslag collection
Overall Size:11x6x5 cm
Crystals:micro to 1 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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