AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Montana > Pyrite on Quartz |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 71743 |
Mineral: | Pyrite on Quartz |
Locality: | Butte Mining District, Summit Valley, Silver Bow County, Montana |
Description: | Lustrous yellow-metallic pyrite crystals to 12 mm on lustrous transparent colorless quartz crystals to 2 mm. The pyrite crystals have a blue-to-purple iridescence and one exhibit a partial fracture due to post-crystallization deformation. Collected ca. 1980 |
Overall Size: | 25x23x22 mm |
Crystals: | 1-12 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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