| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Peru > Pyrite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 71979 |
| Mineral: | Pyrite |
| Locality: | Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Huanuco Department, Peru |
| Description: | Lustrous yellow-metallic pyrite crystals on one face of a crystallized pyrite mass. The pyrite crystals are pyritohedral form with select faces that are striated. A few pyrite crystals have a gray-metallic crust of an unidentified mineral (galena?). Collected ca. 1985 |
| Overall Size: | 8x4x3 cm |
| Crystals: | 5-20 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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