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Pyrite on Chalcopyrite from French Creek Iron Mines, St. Peters, Chester County, Pennsylvania

 
Pyrite on Chalcopyrite from French Creek Iron Mines, St. Peters, Chester County, Pennsylvania

Pyrite on Chalcopyrite from French Creek Iron Mines, St. Peters, Chester County, Pennsylvania

Pyrite on Chalcopyrite from French Creek Iron Mines, St. Peters, Chester County, Pennsylvania

Pyrite on Chalcopyrite from French Creek Iron Mines, St. Peters, Chester County, Pennsylvania

Pyrite on Chalcopyrite from French Creek Iron Mines, St. Peters, Chester County, Pennsylvania

Pyrite on Chalcopyrite from French Creek Iron Mines, St. Peters, Chester County, Pennsylvania

DESCRIPTION:No. 76325
Mineral:Pyrite on Chalcopyrite
Locality:French Creek Iron Mines, St. Peters, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Description:Lustrous bright yellow-metallic octahedral pyrite crystals to 7 mm on greenish-metallic hoppered chalcopyrite crystals to 14 mm. Pyrite crystals from French Creek are not as common as chalcopyrite. Classic locality dating to the 1800s, now closed. Collected ca. 1960
Overall Size:6x3.5x2.5 cm
Crystals:1-14 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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